Definition

1. Verb:
   • To continue the ancestral line: The primary meaning of "nối dõi" is to carry on the family lineage, ensuring the family name and bloodline are passed to the next generation, typically through male offspring.
   • To perpetuate the family line: It implies the responsibility of maintaining the continuity of one's family and ancestors.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người con trai trưởng có trách nhiệm nối dõi tông đường. (The eldest son has the responsibility to continue the ancestral line.)
  • Ước nguyện của ông cụ là có cháu đích tôn để nối dõi. (The old man's wish is to have a grandson to carry on the lineage.)
  • Áp lực nối dõi trong một số gia đình truyền thống rất lớn. (The pressure to perpetuate the family line is very high in some traditional families.)

Advanced Usage

• "nối dõi tông đường": This is a very common and formal four-word idiom that specifically means "to continue the ancestral line of the family."
  • Anh ấy cảm thấy gánh nặng vì phải nối dõi tông đường. (He feels the burden of having to continue his family's ancestral line.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nối nghiệp (v): to succeed in someone's career or trade, to take over the family business.

  • Cậu ấy học y để nối nghiệp cha. (He studies medicine to follow in his father's footsteps.)

• Kế thừa (v): to inherit (can refer to property, title, or legacy).

  • Kế thừa di sản của tổ tiên. (To inherit the legacy of one's ancestors.)

Synonyms

• Continue the lineage: To carry on the family line.
• Perpetuate the family name: To ensure the family name continues.
• Carry on the bloodline: To pass on the genetic lineage.

Related Idioms

• Nối dõi tông đường: As mentioned above, this is the full, idiomatic expression for continuing the family line.
• Kẻ nối dõi: Refers to "the successor" or "the one who continues the line."
  • Tìm kẻ nối dõi xứng đáng. (To find a worthy successor to the lineage.)

1. Continue the ancestral line, carry on the lineage