nhớ thương
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Definition
- Verb:
- To long fondly for; to miss with affection: A deep, tender feeling of missing someone who is absent, often a loved one, combined with a sense of affection and care.
- To grieve for; to remember with sorrowful affection: To feel sorrowful longing and love for someone who has passed away or is in an unfortunate circumstance.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy nhớ thương vợ con ở quê nhà. (He longs fondly for his wife and children back home.)
- Cô ấy nhớ thương người bạn xấu số. (She grieves for her friend who died young.)
- Tôi nhớ thương những ngày tháng thanh bình ấy. (I remember those peaceful days with fond longing.)
Advanced Usage
- "nhớ thương da diết": to miss someone painfully or achingly; an intensified form expressing a deep, piercing longing.
- Cô ấy nhớ thương da diết người chồng nơi phương xa. (She misses her husband in a faraway land with an aching longing.)
Variants and Related Words
Nhớ (v): to miss, to remember. A more general term for missing or remembering.
- Tôi nhớ bạn. (I miss you.)
Thương (v): to love, to feel affection for, to pity. Often denotes tender care or love.
- Mẹ thương con. (A mother loves her child.)
Synonyms
- To yearn for: To have a strong, often melancholic desire.
- To pine for: To suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart or longing.
- To cherish the memory of: To hold the memory of someone or something dear.
Related Idioms
Nhớ thương mòn mỏi: to wait and long for someone until one is worn out.
- Người vợ nhớ thương mòn mỏi chồng đi lính. (The wife pined away for her husband who went to war.)
Kẻ ở người đi, nhớ thương vời vợi: (When) one stays and another goes, the longing is vast and distant. Describes the profound, expansive sadness of separation.
- Sau khi anh ấy xuất ngoại, cảm giác kẻ ở người đi, nhớ thương vời vợi cứ đeo bám cô. (After he went abroad, the feeling of separation, of vast and distant longing, clung to her.)
- Long fondly to see, grieve for
- Nhớ thương vợ conTo long fondly to see one's wife and children
- Nhớ thương người bạn xấu sốTo grieve for a friend who died young