suốt đời
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Definition
- Adverb:
- All one's life, lifelong, for life: Indicates the entire duration of a person's life, from beginning to end. It describes an action, state, or commitment that lasts for a lifetime.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Ông ấy suốt đời tận tụy với sự nghiệp giáo dục. (He devoted his entire life to the cause of education.)
- Bà đã suốt đời sống ở ngôi làng nhỏ này. (She lived in this small village all her life.)
- Lời hứa đó có giá trị suốt đời. (That promise is valid for life.)
Advanced Usage
- "suốt đời" as an adverbial phrase of time: It is often used to modify verbs, emphasizing the permanence or enduring nature of an action or state.
- Họ đã suốt đời gắn bó với nhau. (They have been attached to each other for their whole lives.)
- Used in formal pledges, oaths, or profound statements about dedication.
- Suốt đời trung thành với lý tưởng. (To be loyal to the ideal for life.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cả đời (adv): A more colloquial synonym with the same meaning (all one's life).
- Anh ấy làm nghề này cả đời rồi. (He has done this job all his life.)
- Trọn đời (adv): Carries a similar meaning, often with a nuance of completeness or fulfillment throughout life.
- Lời thề trọn đời. (A lifelong vow.)
- Mãi mãi (adv): Forever, eternally. While similar, "mãi mãi" can extend beyond a single lifetime and is less specific to a human lifespan.
Synonyms
- For life: For the duration of one's life.
- Lifelong: Lasting or continuing through one's life.
- All one's life: Throughout the entirety of one's existence.
Related Phrases / Idioms
- Suốt đời suốt kiếp: An intensified form meaning for this life and all future existences (lifetimes), emphasizing an extremely long, often arduous duration.
- Làm lụng vất vả suốt đời suốt kiếp. (To toil hard for this life and beyond.)
- Gian khổ suốt đời: To endure hardship for a lifetime.
- Người nông dân ấy đã gian khổ suốt đời. (That farmer endured hardship all his life.)