rạng

Thân thiện

Trời đã rạng, chim bắt đầu hót trên cành cây.

Definitions

1. Verb:

   • To begin to break (of dawn): Refers to the first light of day appearing, marking the transition from night to morning.
   • To be an honour to; to bring glory/credit to: To make someone or something proud or distinguished, often by one's actions or achievements.

2. Noun:

   • The small hours; the break of day: The period of time very early in the morning when light first appears.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To begin to break):

  • Trời đã rạng. (The day has begun to break.)
  • Trời ràng rạng sáng. (The day has begun to break faintly.)

• Verb (To be an honour to):

  • Rạng vẻ ông cha. (To be an honour to one's forefathers.)

• Noun (The small hours):

  • Đêm 20 rạng 21 tháng năm. (On the night of the 20th and in the small hours of the 21st of May.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ràng rạng" (reduplicative form, with diminished intensity): To begin to be somewhat clear; to dawn faintly or to become slightly clearer (can refer to dawn or to understanding).
  • Trời ràng rạng sáng. (The day has begun to break faintly.)
  • Vấn đề đã ràng rạng. (The issue has begun to become somewhat clear.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rạng đông (noun): Dawn, daybreak.
  • Chúng tôi lên đường từ lúc rạng đông. (We set off at dawn.)
• Rạng rỡ (adjective): Brilliant, splendid, glorious.
  • Thành tích rạng rỡ. (A splendid achievement.)
• Rạng danh (verb): To bring fame/glory to.
  • Rạng danh tổ quốc. (To bring glory to the fatherland.)

Synonyms

• Hừng sáng (verb): To dawn.
• Ló dạng (verb): To appear, to emerge (often at dawn).
• Vẻ vang (adjective): Glorious, honorable (for the sense of bringing honour).
• Làm rạng danh (verb phrase): To glorify, to bring honour to.

Related Idioms

• Đèn nhà ai nấy rạng (proverb): Literally "Each house's lamp lights its own"; meaning everyone knows their own problems or shortcomings (similar to "The shoe pinches where it fits").
  • Anh đừng lo cho họ, đèn nhà ai nấy rạng. (Don't worry about them, everyone knows their own business.)

Học thuật

1. Begin to break
   • Trời đã rạng
     Day has begun to break
2. Be an honour to
   • Rạng vẻ ông cha
     To be an honour to one's forefathers
   • Ràng rạng (láy, ý giảm)
     To begin to be somewhat clear
   • Trời ràng rạng sáng
     Day has begun to break faintly
3. The small hours of
   • Đêm 20 rạng 21 tháng năm
     On the night of the 20th and in the small hours of the 21st of May