ngưỡng trông
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To look up to with reverence: To gaze at someone or something with deep respect, admiration, and a sense of veneration. It implies viewing the subject as elevated, worthy, or sacred.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Các học trò ngưỡng trông vị thầy của mình. (The students look up to their teacher with reverence.)
- Người dân ngưỡng trông lãnh tụ của đất nước. (The people gaze upon the nation's leader with reverence.)
Advanced Usage
- This phrase is primarily used in formal, literary, or emotionally charged contexts to describe profound respect, often directed toward a moral authority, hero, or idealized figure.
Variants and Related Words
Ngưỡng mộ (v): to admire, to look up to. This is a more common and general term for admiration.
- Cô ấy ngưỡng mộ nhà khoa học đó. (She admires that scientist.)
Kính trọng (v): to respect, to hold in high esteem.
- Chúng tôi kính trọng những người cao tuổi. (We respect the elderly.)
Synonyms
- To revere: To feel deep respect or admiration for.
- To venerate: To regard with great respect, often in a religious or solemn context.
- To look up to: To admire and regard as a model.
Related Idioms
- While "ngưỡng trông" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is closely related to expressions of deep respect and admiration in Vietnamese culture.