nhân gian
Definition
- Noun:
- The human world; the mortal realm: The place where humans live, encompassing human society and earthly life, often contrasted with heavenly, divine, or supernatural realms.
- Among people; in society: Refers to affairs, sentiments, or phenomena that exist within the sphere of human interaction and community.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Truyền thuyết kể về một vị tiên giáng thế xuống nhân gian. (The legend tells of a fairy who descended to the mortal world.)
- Nhân gian có câu: "Lá lành đùm lá rách." (There is a saying among people: "The good leaves wrap the torn leaves.")
- Nỗi khổ đau là chuyện thường tình ở cõi nhân gian. (Suffering is a common matter in the human world.)
Advanced Usage
"cõi nhân gian": the mortal realm, the human world. This phrase emphasizes the concept as a domain or sphere.
- Bà ấy tin rằng linh hồn sẽ trở về cõi nhân gian. (She believes the soul will return to the mortal realm.)
"tình nhân gian": human feelings/affections; the ways of the human heart.
- Thơ ông ấy thấm đẫm tình nhân gian. (His poetry is imbued with human affection.)
Variants and Related Words
Trần gian (n): the earthly world, the mundane world. A close synonym often used in poetic or religious contexts.
- Chuyện trần gian đầy rẫy bon chen. (Earthly affairs are full of strife.)
Thế gian (n): the world, the secular world. Can be slightly broader, sometimes including all worldly affairs.
- Anh ấy muốn tìm hiểu mọi sự trên thế gian. (He wants to understand all things in the world.)
Synonyms
- Mortal world: The world of humans subject to death.
- Human society: The collective life and interactions of people.
- Earthly realm: The world as opposed to heaven or the spiritual world.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Một nắng hai sương nhân gian: (To toil) through the sun and dew of the human world. Describes a life of hard labor and hardship.
- Cuộc sống một nắng hai sương nhân gian của người nông dân. (The farmer's life of toiling under sun and dew in this world.)
Chốn nhân gian: The place of the human world. Similar to "cõi nhân gian."
- Chốn nhân gian này lắm bể dâu. (This human world has many vicissitudes.)