Definition

1. Idiomatic Verb Phrase:
   • To become a good/respectable person: To mature and develop into a person of good character, morality, and social standing through upbringing, education, or life experience. It implies a successful process of socialization and moral formation.

Usage Examples

• Idiomatic Verb Phrase:
  • Cha mẹ luôn mong con cái nên người. (Parents always hope their children become good people.)
  • Nhờ sự dạy dỗ của thầy cô, cậu bé ấy đã nên người. (Thanks to the teachers' instruction, that boy became a respectable person.)
  • Sống trong môi trường tích cực giúp trẻ nên người. (Living in a positive environment helps children grow into good adults.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often carries a generational or pedagogical weight, emphasizing the result of proper rearing. It is commonly used in contexts of family, education, and moral reflection.
• It can be used in the passive sense: "Được dạy dỗ nên người" (To be educated into a good person).

Variants and Related Words

• Thành người (v): To become a person/to grow up. This is a more neutral phrase for maturing, without the strong moral connotation of "nên người."
  • Nó đã thành người lớn. (He has become an adult.)

Synonyms

• To be well-bred: To have good manners as a result of good upbringing.
• To turn out well: To develop into a good or successful person.
• To be civilized: To become a reasonable and polite member of society.

Related Idioms

• Dạy dỗ nên người: To educate/raise someone to be a good person.
  • Công ơn cha mẹ dạy dỗ nên người. (The debt of gratitude owed to parents for raising one to be a good person.)

1. Become a good person
   • Được dạy dỗ nên người
     To be educated into a good person