Definition

1. Verb:
   • To look up to with reverence and hope; to admire and venerate with expectation: This is the core meaning. It describes a deep feeling of respect, admiration, and hope directed towards someone or something perceived as superior, virtuous, or an ideal. It often implies placing one's trust or expectations in that superior entity.
   • To expect favours or the fulfilment of wishes from a higher level: This meaning emphasizes the aspect of hopeful expectation from someone in a higher position of power, morality, or authority.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhân dân ngưỡng vọng vị lãnh tụ vĩ đại của dân tộc. (The people look up to with reverence the great leader of the nation.)
  • Anh ấy là một tấm gương sáng được mọi người ngưỡng vọng. (He is a shining example that everyone admires and venerates.)
  • Người dân ngưỡng vọng vào sự công minh của tòa án. (The people place their hope in the court's fairness.)

Advanced Usage

• "Được ngưỡng vọng": to be revered/admired.
  • Vị giáo sư ấy được ngưỡng vọng bởi nhiều thế hệ học trò. (That professor is revered by many generations of students.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngưỡng mộ (verb): to admire. (This is a more common synonym but lacks the strong connotation of "veneration" and "hopeful expectation" present in .)
• Kính trọng (verb): to respect, to hold in high esteem.
• Tôn kính (verb): to revere, to venerate.
• Trông chờ (verb): to wait for, to expect. (This is a more general and neutral term for expectation.)

Synonyms

• Venerate: To regard with great respect, reverence, or awe.
• Revere: To feel deep respect or admiration for something.
• Look up to: To admire and respect someone.

Related Idioms

• Ngưỡng vọng tôn kính: A phrase combining two near-synonyms to express profound reverence and respect.
  • Với lòng ngưỡng vọng tôn kính, họ thắp nén hương tưởng nhớ. (With profound reverence, they lit incense sticks in remembrance.)

1. Expect favours from above, expect fulfilment of one's wishes by higher level