Definition

1. Noun:
   • Destiny, Fate: The predetermined course of events in a person's life, often understood as being beyond human control and governed by a supernatural power or principle.
   • Lot, Fortune: The conditions or events that happen to someone, especially those seen as unavoidable or predetermined, encompassing happiness, suffering, longevity, or misfortune.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Số phận của anh ấy thật bi thảm. (His fate was tragic.)
  • Cô ấy tin vào số phận. (She believes in destiny.)
  • Họ chấp nhận số phận của mình. (They accepted their lot.)

Advanced Usage

• The concept often carries a philosophical or metaphysical weight, implying a lack of total free will.
  • Triết học bàn nhiều về ý chí tự do và số phận. (Philosophy discusses free will and fate extensively.)

Variants and Related Words

• Định mệnh (n): Destiny, fate. Often used interchangeably with số phận, but can imply a stronger sense of being preordained.

  • Họ gặp nhau như định mệnh. (They met as if by destiny.)

• Vận mệnh (n): Fortune, destiny. Often used for larger entities like nations or one's overarching life path.

  • Vận mệnh của đất nước. (The destiny of the nation.)

Synonyms

• Destiny: The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.
• Fate: The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.
• Lot: A person's luck or condition in life.

Related Idioms

• Số phận an bài: Fate is arranged/ordained.

  • Mọi thứ dường như đã được số phận an bài. (Everything seemed to have been ordained by fate.)

• Tay trắng vẫn nên số phận: To build one's fortune from nothing. (Implies overcoming or shaping one's initial lot.)

  • Ông ấy tay trắng vẫn nên số phận. (He built his fortune from nothing.)

1. Destiny, fate, lot