nghiệp
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- Trade, profession, occupation: A field of work or a means of livelihood that one engages in.
- Karma (Buddhist concept): The sum of a person's actions in previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences; destiny or fate resulting from past deeds.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Profession):
- Cha ông tôi đã theo nghiệp đánh cá suốt đời. (My father and grandfather followed the fishing profession all their lives.)
- Anh ấy rất đam mê với nghiệp dạy học. (He is very passionate about the teaching profession.)
- Noun (Karma):
- Theo quan niệm nhà Phật, mỗi người phải gánh nghiệp của chính mình. (According to Buddhist belief, each person must bear their own karma.)
- "Đã mang lấy nghiệp vào thân..." (Truyện Kiều - Nguyễn Du) ("Having brought this karma upon oneself..." (The Tale of Kieu - Nguyen Du))
Advanced Usage
- "mang nghiệp" / "gánh nghiệp": To bear one's karma; to be fated with a certain lot in life due to past actions.
- Số phận long đong, có lẽ do anh ta phải mang nghiệp từ kiếp trước. (A turbulent fate, perhaps because he must bear the karma from a past life.)
- "theo nghiệp": To follow in someone's professional footsteps; to enter the same trade/profession.
- Cô con gái đã theo nghiệp mẹ để trở thành bác sĩ. (The daughter followed her mother's profession to become a doctor.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cơ nghiệp (n): Estate, property, family business or foundation built over time.
- Ông ấy đã dành cả đời để xây dựng cơ nghiệp. (He spent his whole life building his estate/business.)
- Nghiệp dư (adj): Amateur (literally "of the profession/art," but used to mean non-professional).
- Anh ấy là một nhiếp ảnh gia nghiệp dư. (He is an amateur photographer.)
- Nghiệp chướng (n, Buddhist term): Karmic obstacles; sins or bad karma that cause suffering.
- Gặp nhiều tai ương, người ta thường nói đó là nghiệp chướng. (Facing many calamities, people often say it is karmic retribution.)
Synonyms
- Nghề (n): Profession, trade, job. (More common and neutral for "profession").
- Số phận (n): Fate, destiny. (General term for fate, without the karmic implication).
- Nhân quả (n): Cause and effect, karma. (Specifically refers to the law of karma).
Related Phrases / Compound Words
- Nghiệp báo (n): Karmic retribution; the result or payback of one's karma.
- Làm việc ác sẽ phải chịu nghiệp báo. (Doing evil will lead to karmic retribution.)
- Đoạn trường (a literary synonym in the context of fate/predestination, as seen in "Đoạn trường vô nghiệp").
Related Idioms
- "Cha truyền con nối": Literally "father passes on, son continues." This idiom relates to the concept of inheriting a family nghiệp (trade/profession).
- Gia đình họ làm nghề thuốc nam cha truyền con nối đã mấy đời. (Their family has practiced traditional herbal medicine, passed down from father to son, for generations.)
- "Ăn ở có đức": To live virtuously. This idiom is related to the concept of nghiệp (karma), implying that good deeds lead to good karma.
- Ăn ở có đức thì mới mong gặp may. (Only by living virtuously can one hope for good fortune.)
- Trade, profession
- Nghiệp nôngThe farming profession
- Karma