Definition

Adjective: - Satisfied, contented: A state of being fully content or having one's desires or aspirations completely fulfilled. It describes a deep sense of satisfaction, often related to achieving a long-held wish or ambition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi hoàn thành mục tiêu lớn, ông ấy cảm thấy vô cùng phỉ chí. (After achieving his major goal, he felt extremely satisfied.)
  • Ước mơ cả đời của bà đã thành hiện thực, bà sống những ngày tháng phỉ chí. (Her lifelong dream came true, and she lived her days in a state of contentment.)

Advanced Usage

• This word conveys a stronger, more profound, and sometimes more literary sense of satisfaction than the more common "hài lòng" or "thỏa mãn." It is often used to describe the fulfillment of significant personal aspirations or ambitions.
• It can describe a state of being that is both emotionally and mentally gratified.

Variants and Related Words

• Phỉ (verb, literary): To be satiated, to have enough. Often used in compound words to indicate fullness or satisfaction (e.g., phỉ lòng, phỉ dạ).
• Phỉ nguyện (verb, literary): To have one's wish fulfilled.
• Phỉ sở nguyện (verb, literary): To have one's desires fulfilled (similar to phỉ nguyện).

Synonyms

• Thỏa mãn: To satisfy, to gratify.
• Hài lòng: Pleased, satisfied.
• Mãn nguyện: To be fully content, to have all wishes fulfilled (very close in meaning).

Related Idioms

• Phỉ chí tang bồng: To satisfy one's chivalrous or heroic aspirations (a literary idiom, with "tang bồng" referring to a life of adventure or noble deeds).
  • Sau chuyến phiêu lưu, chàng trai cảm thấy phỉ chí tang bồng. (After the adventure, the young man felt his heroic spirit was satisfied.)
• Phỉ chí kinh luân: To have one's statecraft or grand administrative ambitions fulfilled (a literary idiom).
  • Nhà cải cách phỉ chí kinh luân khi thấy đất nước phát triển. (The reformer felt his statecraft ambitions were satisfied upon seeing the country develop.)

1. Satified