muôn dặm
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Definition
- Noun phrase:
- Ten thousand miles; a great distance: A classical and literary term used to describe an immense geographical separation or a metaphorical sense of being very far away.
- Very far away: Emphasizes a state of extreme remoteness, often carrying poetic or emotional connotations of longing or separation.
Usage Examples
- Noun phrase:
- Quê hương của anh ấy cách đây muôn dặm. (His homeland is ten thousand miles away from here.)
- Họ sống cách nhau muôn dặm nhưng tình cảm vẫn sâu đậm. (They live a great distance apart, but their feelings remain deep.)
- Cô ấy cảm thấy muôn dặm xa cách với gia đình. (She feels a vast distance from her family.)
Advanced Usage
- This phrase is predominantly used in literary, poetic, or formal contexts to evoke a sense of epic scale, profound separation, or unattainable remoteness. It is less common in everyday spoken language.
Variants and Related Words
- Xa xôi (adj): faraway, distant. A more common, everyday synonym.
- Vùng đất xa xôi. (A faraway land.)
- Muôn trùng (noun phrase): myriad layers; an immense, layered distance (also literary).
- Cách trở muôn trùng. (Separated by immense distances.)
Synonyms
- A great distance: A vast span of space.
- Far-flung: Distant or remote.
- Remote: Far away in place or time.
Related Idioms
- Muôn dặm xa xôi: An intensified form meaning "immensely far away."
- Con đường về nhà muôn dặm xa xôi. (The road home is immensely far away.)
- Cách xa muôn dặm: To be separated by ten thousand miles.
- Hai trái tim cách xa muôn dặm. (Two hearts separated by ten thousand miles.)
- Ten thousand miles; a great distance, very far away