Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mad love / Fervent passion: An intense, all-consuming, and often irrational romantic love or infatuation. It implies a love so deep it borders on obsession or folly.
   • Blind devotion: A state of being utterly and uncritically devoted to a person or an ideal, often to the point of self-neglect.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy dành cho cô một mối tình si. (He has a mad love for her.)
  • Tình si đôi khi khiến người ta mù quáng. (Fervent passion sometimes blinds people.)
  • Câu chuyện kể về một mối tình si vượt thời gian. (The story tells of a timeless, passionate love.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a poetic, literary, or slightly tragic connotation, suggesting a love that is beautiful in its intensity but potentially destructive or unrequited.
• It can be used to describe not just romantic love, but also an intense, single-minded passion for an art form, a cause, or a belief.

Variants and Related Words

• Si tình (adj/n): To be passionately in love; a person who is passionately in love.
  • Chàng trai si tình ấy viết thư mỗi ngày. (That lovestruck young man writes letters every day.)

Synonyms

• Passionate love: Intense emotional and romantic attachment.
• Infatuation: An intense but short-lived passion or admiration.
• Obsessive love: Love characterized by excessive preoccupation and possessiveness.

Related Idioms

• While "tình si" itself is often used as a standalone poetic term, it is central to the concept of:
  • Mù quáng vì tình si: To be blinded by passionate love.

    • Cô ấy mù quáng vì tình si nên không nhìn thấy khuyết điểm của anh ta. (She is blinded by passionate love and cannot see his flaws.)