tầm mắt
Definition
Noun:
- Range of vision / eyeshot: The maximum distance or area that one can see from a particular point.
- Field of view / sight: The extent of the observable world seen at any given moment from a specific position.
Noun (figurative):
- Perspective / horizon: The scope of one's understanding, knowledge, or ambition; the breadth of one's mental or experiential outlook.
Usage Examples
Noun (literal):
- Cánh đồng lúa trải dài xa tít tầm mắt. (The rice field stretched far beyond the range of vision.)
- Anh ta đứng trên đồi, quan sát mọi thứ trong tầm mắt. (He stood on the hill, observing everything within eyeshot.)
Noun (figurative):
- Cô ấy có tầm mắt hạn hẹp về kinh doanh. (She has a narrow perspective on business.)
- Nhà lãnh đạo ấy được ca ngợi vì tầm mắt chiến lược xa. (That leader is praised for his long-term strategic vision.)
Advanced Usage
"xa tầm mắt": out of sight.
- Con thuyền nhỏ dần rồi khuất xa tầm mắt. (The small boat gradually faded and disappeared out of sight.)
"trong tầm mắt": within sight, in view.
- Hãy giữ đối tượng luôn trong tầm mắt. (Keep the target always within sight.)
Variants and Related Words
Tầm nhìn (n): vision, foresight (often used more for figurative, strategic vision).
- Tầm nhìn của giám đốc đã đưa công ty tới thành công. (The director's vision led the company to success.)
Thị trường (n): field of view (a more technical term, often used in optics or photography).
Synonyms
- Eyeshot: the range within which one can see.
- Field of view: the area visible through an optical instrument or to the eye.
- Perspective: a particular way of viewing things; a mental outlook.
- Horizon: the limit of a person's understanding or experience.
Related Idioms
Hạn hẹp tầm mắt: to be short-sighted, to have a limited perspective.
- Quyết định đó thể hiện sự hạn hẹp tầm mắt. (That decision shows a short-sighted perspective.)
Mở rộng tầm mắt: to broaden one's horizons.
- Đi du lịch giúp chúng ta mở rộng tầm mắt. (Traveling helps us broaden our horizons.)
