suy tàn
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Definition
Noun:
- Decay: The process of gradual deterioration, weakening, or loss of strength, vitality, or power, often leading to an end or collapse.
- Decline: A state of gradual and continuous decrease in quality, power, importance, or vigor; a movement toward a weaker or inferior condition.
Verb (intransitive):
- To decline: To move from a better to a worse state; to lose strength, prosperity, or influence over time.
- To decay: To fall into ruin or a state of disrepair; to undergo a process of decomposition or degeneration.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Sự suy tàn của đế chế là không thể tránh khỏi. (The decay of the empire was inevitable.)
- Chúng ta đang chứng kiến sự suy tàn của các giá trị truyền thống. (We are witnessing the decline of traditional values.)
Verb:
- Nền văn minh đó đã suy tàn sau nhiều thế kỷ huy hoàng. (That civilization declined after many centuries of glory.)
- Sức khỏe của ông ấy bắt đầu suy tàn nhanh chóng. (His health began to decay rapidly.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe abstract concepts like dynasties, empires, cultures, ideologies, or moral values entering a terminal phase of weakness.
- Often implies an irreversible process leading to an end, not just a temporary setback.
Variants and Related Words
- Suy yếu (v): to weaken, to become feeble. Focuses more on the loss of strength.
- Tàn lụi (v): to wither, to fade away. Often used for plants or hopes, emphasizing a fading out.
- Suy đồi (v/n): to degenerate, degeneration. Often carries a stronger moral connotation of corruption.
Synonyms
- Decline: A gradual and continuous loss of strength, number, quality, or value.
- Decay: The process of rotting or falling apart, either physically or metaphorically.
- Wane: To decrease in vigor, power, or extent; often used for influence or phases.
- Degeneration: The state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline to a lower state.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Thời kỳ suy tàn: The period of decline/decadence.
- Triều đại đó bước vào thời kỳ suy tàn. (That dynasty entered its period of decline.)
- Sức cùng lực tàn: To be exhausted, at the end of one's strength (often physical). While not using "suy tàn" directly, it describes a similar state of depletion.