nước đời
Definition
- Noun:
- The vicissitudes of life; the path of life: A literary and somewhat archaic term referring to the difficult, arduous, and often unpredictable journey or course of one's existence. It conveys the hardships, adversities, and strange turns that characterize human life.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- "Nước đời lắm lạ lùng khắt khe." (The path of life is full of oddities and severities.)
- Anh ấy đã nếm trải đủ mọi nỗi gian truân của nước đời. (He has tasted all the adversities of life's journey.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in classical or literary Vietnamese contexts, especially in poetry and proverbial sayings, to philosophize about life's challenges.
Variants and Related Words
- Bước đời (n): A step in life; a phase of life.
- Mỗi bước đời đều để lại một bài học. (Every phase of life leaves a lesson.)
- Cuộc đời (n): Life (a more common and general term).
- Cuộc đời vốn dĩ không công bằng. (Life is inherently unfair.)
Synonyms
- Life's journey: The course of one's life.
- Vicissitudes: A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
- Adversity: Difficulties; misfortune.
Related Idioms
- Nếm mật nằm gai, trải nước đời: To taste gall and lie on thorns, to experience life's hardships (to endure great suffering and difficulty).
- Phải trải nước đời, con người mới trưởng thành. (One must experience life's hardships to mature.)
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Calvary.
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"Nước đời lắm lạ lùng khắt khe " (Nguyễn Du)
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The calvary of life is full of oddities and severities
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