sóng gió
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Definition
Noun:
- Waves and wind: The literal meaning refers to the physical phenomena of rough seas and strong winds, indicating stormy weather at sea.
- Ups and downs, troubles, turbulence: The figurative and most common meaning refers to periods of great difficulty, hardship, or instability in life, work, or events.
Adjective (figurative):
- Stormy, turbulent, troubled: Used to describe a life, period, or situation full of difficulties and dramatic changes.
Usage Examples
- Noun (literal):
- Con tàu phải đối mặt với sóng gió trên biển. (The ship had to face the wind and waves at sea.)
- Noun (figurative):
- Họ đã cùng nhau vượt qua bao sóng gió của cuộc đời. (They have overcome many of life's storms together.)
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy có một tuổi trẻ sóng gió. (He had a stormy youth.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is almost exclusively used in its figurative sense to describe non-literal turbulence. It carries a connotation of successive challenges that test resilience.
- It often describes long-term periods (e.g., a stormy marriage, a turbulent career) rather than a single, brief problem.
Variants and Related Words
- Bão tố (n): storm; often used interchangeably with "sóng gió" in the figurative sense but can imply a more violent, concentrated crisis.
- Phong ba (n): wind and rain; another literary term for storms, used similarly to mean hardships.
Synonyms
- Troubles: problems or difficulties.
- Hardships: severe suffering or privation.
- Turbulence: a state of conflict, confusion, or instability.
- Adversity: a difficult or unlucky situation.
Related Idioms
- Sóng gió bủa vây: to be surrounded by troubles/stormy waves.
- Công ty mới khởi nghiệp bị sóng gió bủa vây. (The new startup company was besieged by troubles.)
- Trải qua sóng gió: to go through storms; to experience many hardships.
- Mối quan hệ đó đã trải qua nhiều sóng gió. (That relationship has been through many storms.)
noun
- wind and waves
- ups and downs, troubles