nghìn thu
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Definition
Noun (Literary):
- A thousand autumns: A poetic term representing an extremely long, immeasurable span of time, symbolizing eternity or permanence.
- Forever, eternity: Used to describe something that lasts for all time, never ending.
Adjective (Literary):
- Eternal, everlasting, immortal: Describes a state, feeling, or legacy that endures forever.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tình yêu của họ được nguyện ước cho trường tồn nghìn thu. (Their love was wished to last for a thousand autumns.)
- Những công trình kiến trúc ấy đã đứng vững nghìn thu. (Those architectural works have stood for eternity.)
- Adjective:
- Danh tiếng của vị anh hùng ấy là nghìn thu. (That hero's fame is eternal.)
- Họ đã đi vào giấc ngủ nghìn thu. (They have entered the eternal sleep.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in literary, poetic, or formal contexts to convey deep emotion, grandeur, or solemnity. It is not used in everyday conversation.
- It is commonly associated with profound themes like timeless love, enduring legacy, or death.
Variants and Related Words
- Ngàn thu: An alternative, equally common spelling with the same meaning.
- Lời thề ngàn thu. (An everlasting vow.)
- Vĩnh cửu (adj): Eternal, perpetual (more common in formal and philosophical contexts).
- Trường tồn (v): To endure, to last forever.
- Bất tử (adj): Immortal, undying.
Synonyms
- Eternity: Infinite or unending time.
- Forever: For all future time; for always.
- Everlasting: Lasting forever or for a very long time.
- Immortal: Living forever; never dying or decaying.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Giấc nghìn thu / Giấc ngủ nghìn thu: The eternal sleep. A poetic euphemism for death.
- Ông ấy đã an giấc nghìn thu. (He has rested in eternal sleep.)
- Nghìn thu bạc mệnh: An eternal, ill-fated destiny. A classical literary phrase describing a tragic fate that defines one's entire legacy.
- Số phận của nàng tiên cá là một nghìn thu bạc mệnh. (The mermaid's fate is an eternally tragic one.)
- For ever
- Giấc nghìn thuThe sleep that knows no breaking