Definition

1. Adjective:
   • As wished, as desired: "như nguyện" describes a state where something happens or is obtained exactly in accordance with one's hopes, wishes, or prayers. It implies a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction.
   • Satisfied, fulfilled: It can also convey the feeling of contentment when one's wishes are granted.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Được nghỉ phép hai ngày là như nguyện rồi. (To get a two-day leave is quite in accordance with one's wishes.)
  • Được về thăm quê là như nguyện. (To be able to return home for a visit is as desired.)
  • Mọi việc đều diễn ra như nguyện. (Everything happened as wished.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đã được như nguyện": to have had one's wishes fulfilled, to be satisfied.
  • Sau nhiều năm cố gắng, cuối cùng anh ấy đã được như nguyện. (After many years of effort, he finally had his wishes fulfilled.)

Variants and Related Words

• Toại nguyện (adj): to have one's wishes fully satisfied, to be completely fulfilled. This is a more common synonym in modern Vietnamese.
  • Kết quả thi khiến cô ấy vô cùng toại nguyện. (The exam result made her extremely satisfied.)
• Ước nguyện (n): wish, aspiration (the noun form denoting the wish itself).
  • Ước nguyện của tôi là trở thành bác sĩ. (My wish is to become a doctor.)

Synonyms

• Như ý: as desired, to one's liking (often used in wishes like "vạn sự như ý" - may all things go as you wish).
• Vừa lòng: satisfying, pleasing (to one's mind or heart).
• Thỏa mãn: to satisfy, to fulfill (a need or desire).

Related Idioms

• "Được như ý nguyện": to get what one wishes for. This is a slightly extended form.
  • Cầu mong mọi người đều được như ý nguyện. (I hope everyone gets what they wish for.)
• "Ước gì được nấy": to have every wish granted (literally: wish for something, get that thing). This idiom emphasizes the perfect fulfillment of desires.
  • Anh ấy sống trong cảnh ước gì được nấy. (He lives in a situation where his every wish is granted.)

1. (cũ) In accordance with one's wishes
   • Được nghỉ phép hai ngày là như nguyện rồi
     To get a two-day leave is quite in accordance with one's wishes