phát sầu
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To become sorrowful / to fall into melancholy: To begin to feel or exhibit a state of deep sadness, pensiveness, or melancholy. It describes the onset or triggering of a sorrowful mood.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Nghe bản nhạc buồn, cô ấy bỗng phát sầu. (Listening to the sad song, she suddenly became sorrowful.)
- Cảnh chiều tà khiến lòng người lữ khách phát sầu. (The dusk scene made the traveler's heart fall into melancholy.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is literary and poetic in tone. It is often used to describe a nuanced, reflective sadness evoked by specific stimuli like scenery, music, or memory, rather than acute grief.
Variants and Related Words
- Buồn (adj): sad, melancholy.
- Anh ấy cảm thấy rất buồn. (He felt very sad.)
- U sầu (adj): gloomy, melancholic.
- Một tâm trạng u sầu. (A gloomy mood.)
Synonyms
- To become sad: to start feeling unhappiness.
- To grow melancholy: to become pensively sad.
- To be filled with sorrow: to become overwhelmed by sad feelings.
Related Idioms
- While "phát sầu" itself is a set phrase, it relates to the theme of induced sadness in idioms like "gió chiều phát sầu" (the evening wind stirs sorrow), describing how nature can evoke melancholy.