Definition

Adjective phrase: - To be deeply in love with; to have deep, profound, and enduring feelings: Describes a state of having intense, serious, and often difficult-to-sever emotional attachment, typically in a romantic context. It implies a depth of feeling that carries significant emotional weight.

Usage Examples

• Adjective phrase:
  • Sau nhiều năm xa cách, anh ấy vẫn còn nặng tình với cô. (After many years apart, he is still deeply in love with her.)
  • Cô ấy là người nặng tình, nên rất khó quên được mối tình đầu. (She is a person of deep affection, so it's very hard for her to forget her first love.)
  • Họ chia tay nhưng cả hai đều nặng tình, không nỡ rời xa. (They broke up, but both are still deeply attached and couldn't bear to part.)

Advanced Usage

• "nặng tình nặng nghĩa": This compound phrase emphasizes being deeply attached both emotionally () and through a sense of moral obligation or gratitude (). It describes a person who is profoundly loyal and sentimental.
  • Ông ấy là người nặng tình nặng nghĩa, luôn nhớ ơn những người đã giúp mình. (He is a man of deep affection and profound gratitude, always remembering those who helped him.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tình nặng (n): A deep, serious love. This is a nominal form focusing on the feeling itself.
  • Mối tình nặng ấy khiến cô đau khổ suốt nhiều năm. (That deep love caused her pain for many years.)
• Nặng lòng (adj phrase): To feel heavy-hearted, burdened by feelings (which can be love, sorrow, or concern). It shares the sense of emotional weight but is broader in application.
  • Anh nặng lòng vì không thể giúp đỡ bạn. (He felt heavy-hearted because he couldn't help his friend.)

Synonyms

• Thủy chung: Faithful, loyal (emphasizes fidelity within deep feelings).
• Sâu đậm: Profound, deep (describes the intensity of feelings in general).
• Da diết: Passionate, yearning, aching (emphasizes a persistent, longing aspect of deep feeling).

Related Idioms

• Nặng như đá đeo: (As heavy as a hanging stone) An idiom describing a burdensome worry or guilt. While not using , it shares the metaphorical concept of emotional "heaviness" found in nặng tình.
  • Món nợ ấy cứ nặng như đá đeo trong lòng anh. (That debt weighs on his mind as heavy as a hanging stone.)

1. to be deeply in love with