Definition

1. Noun:
   • Direction: The line or course along which something moves, points, or lies. It indicates a way to go or a point toward which something faces.
   • Orientation: A general positioning or alignment in relation to surroundings, circumstances, or principles.
   • Line / Course (of action): A chosen way of proceeding or a guiding principle for behavior or activity.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi đã mất phương hướng trong rừng. (We lost our direction in the forest.)
  • Công ty cần xác định phương hướng phát triển mới. (The company needs to determine a new development orientation.)
  • Phương hướng hành động của họ rất rõ ràng. (Their line of action is very clear.)

Advanced Usage

• "phương hướng chính trị": political orientation.
  • Bài báo phân tích phương hướng chính trị của chính phủ mới. (The article analyzes the political orientation of the new government.)

Variants and Related Words

• Định hướng (v/n): to orient/orientation; often implies the process of setting or finding a direction.
  • Nhà trường có nhiệm vụ định hướng nghề nghiệp cho sinh viên. (The school has the task of providing career orientation for students.)

Synonyms

• Direction: the course along which someone or something moves.
• Orientation: a person's basic attitude, beliefs, or feelings in relation to a subject.
• Course: the route or direction followed by something.

Related Idioms

• Mất phương hướng: to be disoriented; to lose one's bearings (literally and figuratively).
  • Sau biến cố, anh ấy hoàn toàn mất phương hướng. (After the incident, he was completely disoriented.)

1. Direction ; line
   • Phương hướng hành động
     Line of action