Definition

1. Noun:
   • The Moon's Palace; The Moon: "Quảng hàn" refers to the mythical palace on the moon in East Asian folklore. By poetic extension, it is also used to mean the moon itself.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The poet gazed at the "quảng hàn" in the night sky. (Nhà thơ ngắm nhìn cung quảng hàn trên bầu trời đêm.)
  • Legends tell of a beautiful goddess living in the "quảng hàn". (Truyền thuyết kể về một nữ thần xinh đẹp sống trong cung quảng hàn.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cung Quảng hàn": This is the more common and complete form, explicitly meaning "the Palace of Vast Cold" (the moon's palace).
  • The imagery of "Cung Quảng hàn" often appears in classical poetry. (Hình ảnh "Cung Quảng hàn" thường xuất hiện trong thơ ca cổ điển.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cung Quảng hàn (n): The full term, meaning "the Palace of Vast Cold" or "the Moon Palace".
• Hằng Nga (n): Chang'e, the moon goddess said to reside in the Quảng hàn palace.
• Cung trăng (n): A more common Vietnamese poetic term for the moon or the moon's palace.

Synonyms

• Mặt trăng (n): The moon (the common, non-literary term).
• Vầng trăng (n): The moon (poetic).
• Cung trăng (n): The moon's palace (poetic).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Lên cung quảng: A poetic phrase meaning "to go to the moon palace", often implying death or a transcendent journey.
  • The fairy seemed to have "lên cung quảng", leaving the mortal world behind. (Nàng tiên như đã "lên cung quảng", rời bỏ thế gian trần tục.)

1. Cung quảng hàn
2. The moon's palace; the moon