Definition

1. Adjective phrase:
   • To carry a heavy burden (of love, of responsibility, of family...): The phrase describes the state of bearing a significant emotional, financial, or social load, often with a sense of duty or deep feeling.

Usage Examples

• Adjective phrase:
  • Anh ta nặng gánh gia đình, con đông, bố mẹ thì già. (He has to carry a great family burden of many children and old parents.)
  • Cô ấy nặng gánh tương tư người bạn cũ. (She is burdened with longing for an old friend.)

Advanced Usage

• "nặng gánh tương tư": to be burdened with lovesickness; to be deeply lovesick.
  • Sau cuộc chia tay, anh ấy nặng gánh tương tư. (After the breakup, he is burdened with lovesickness.)
• "nặng gánh trách nhiệm": to be heavily burdened with responsibility.
  • Với cương vị mới, ông ấy cảm thấy nặng gánh trách nhiệm. (In his new position, he feels heavily burdened with responsibility.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gánh nặng (n): A burden, a load (often abstract).
  • Gánh nặng gia đình đè lên vai anh ấy. (The family burden weighs on his shoulders.)
• Đảm đương (v): To undertake, to assume (a responsibility).
  • Cô ấy đảm đương trọng trách lãnh đạo. (She undertakes the leadership responsibility.)

Synonyms

• Chịu gánh nặng: to bear a burden.
• Vác nặng: to carry a heavy load (can be literal or figurative).

Related Idioms

• "Một mình gánh vác": to shoulder (responsibilities) alone.
  • Sau khi chồng mất, bà ấy một mình gánh vác gia đình. (After her husband passed away, she shouldered the family alone.)
• "Trút bỏ gánh nặng": to unload/relieve a burden.
  • Anh ấy cảm thấy nhẹ nhõm khi trút bỏ được gánh nặng. (He felt relieved when he unloaded the burden.)

1. Carry a burden (of love, of responsibility, of familỵ..)
   • Anh ta nặng gánh gia đình, con đông, bố mẹ thì già
     He has to carry a great family burden of many children and old parents