sao sa

Definition

Noun:
- Shooting star, meteor: A bright streak of light in the night sky caused by a small piece of matter from space burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere due to friction. It is a poetic and common term for a meteor.
- Metaphor for fleeting beauty or brilliance: Used figuratively to describe something or someone that is exceptionally beautiful, radiant, or brilliant, but often transient, like the brief flash of a shooting star.

Usage Examples

Noun:
- Đêm qua tôi đã thấy một ngôi sao sa. (Last night I saw a shooting star.)
- Trong truyện cổ tích, cô công chúa đẹp như sao sa. (In the fairy tale, the princess is as beautiful as a shooting star.)
- Ước gì khi nhìn thấy sao sa sẽ thành hiện thực. (I wish that a wish made upon seeing a shooting star would come true.)

Advanced Usage

"đẹp như sao sa": (as beautiful as a shooting star) A common simile in Vietnamese poetry and literature to describe extraordinary, dazzling beauty.
- Vẻ đẹp của cô ấy lấp lánh và mong manh, đẹp như sao sa. (Her beauty is sparkling and fragile, as beautiful as a shooting star.)
"vụt tắt như sao sa": (to vanish/extinguish as quickly as a shooting star) Used to describe something brilliant that disappears very quickly.
- Sự nghiệp của anh ta thăng hoa rồi vụt tắt như sao sa. (His career soared and then vanished as quickly as a shooting star.)

Variants and Related Words

Sao băng (n): A more scientific or formal term for a meteor or shooting star. Often used interchangeably with "sao sa".
- Hiện tượng sao băng có thể quan sát được vào đêm nay. (The meteor shower phenomenon can be observed tonight.)
Vân thạch / Thiên thạch (n): Meteorite. Refers specifically to the part of a meteoroid that survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on Earth.
- Bảo tàng trưng bày một mảnh vân thạch. (The museum displays a piece of meteorite.)

Synonyms

Related Phrases

Ước sao sa: (to wish upon a shooting star) Refers to the popular tradition of making a wish when one sees a shooting star.
- Mọi người thường ước sao sa khi nhìn thấy nó. (People often wish upon a shooting star when they see one.)

Related Idioms

Chớp nhoáng như sao sa: (as fleeting as a shooting star) Describes something that happens or disappears in an instant.
- Thời gian hạnh phúc ấy ngắn ngủi, chớp nhoáng như sao sa. (That happy time was brief, as fleeting as a shooting star.)

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