muôn kiếp
Definition
- Noun:
- Countless lifetimes / innumerable kalpas: A Buddhist and philosophical term denoting an immeasurably vast span of time, encompassing infinite cycles of birth, death, and rebirth. It expresses a concept of eternity across numerous existences.
- Forever and ever / for all eternity: Used in a poetic and emphatic sense to mean a perpetual, unchanging state that lasts beyond a single lifetime.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Lời thề ấy sẽ vững bền muôn kiếp. (That vow will endure for countless lifetimes.)
- Tình yêu của họ được hứa hẹn qua muôn kiếp. (Their love is promised across innumerable rebirths.)
- Câu chuyện cổ tích kể về một lời nguyền muôn kiếp. (The fairy tale tells of an eternal curse.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in literary, religious, or romantic contexts to convey a sense of profound timelessness, destiny, or karmic connection that transcends the present life.
- It can modify nouns to create a sense of everlasting quality, e.g., (everlasting love), (eternal suffering).
Variants and Related Words
- Muôn đời (n): Forever, for all time. A more common synonym with a similar meaning but slightly less emphasis on the cyclical, reincarnative aspect.
- Sự thật muôn đời không thay đổi. (The eternal truth does not change.)
Synonyms
- Eternity: Infinite or unending time.
- Forever: For all future time; continually.
- Ages and ages: A very long period of time.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Trăm năm hạnh phúc, muôn kiếp vững bền: (A hundred years of happiness, secure for countless lifetimes.) A blessing or wish for enduring joy.
- Duyên kiếp muôn đời: (Predestined affinity for all eternity.) Refers to a fated, everlasting bond.