tần tảo

Thân thiện

Người mẹ tần tảo làm việc nhà từ sáng đến tối.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Diligent and frugal: Describes a person, traditionally a woman, who works tirelessly and manages household affairs with great care and thrift, especially under difficult circumstances.
   • Industrious and meticulous: Characterizes someone who is hardworking and attentive to detail in providing for and nurturing a family.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Người mẹ ấy đã tần tảo nuôi ba đứa con khôn lớn. (That mother diligently and frugally raised three children to adulthood.)
  • Bà sống một cuộc đời tần tảo, sớm hôm làm lụng. (She lived an industrious and frugal life, laboring from dawn till dusk.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "tần tảo" often carries a connotation of silent sacrifice, resilience, and unwavering dedication within a family context, particularly in challenging economic conditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Tảo tần (adj): A variant form with the same meaning as "tần tảo".
  • Bà ngoại tôi cả đời tảo tần. (My grandmother was diligent and frugal her whole life.)

Synonyms

• Diligent: Having or showing care in one's work or duties.
• Frugal: Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
• Industrious: Diligent and hard-working.
• Thrifty: Using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.

Related Idioms

• Tần tảo sớm hôm: To labor diligently from morning till night.

  • Mẹ tần tảo sớm hôm để chúng tôi được học hành. (My mother labored diligently from morning till night so we could get an education.)

• Tần tảo nuôi con: To raise children with diligent care and frugality.

  • Câu chuyện về người mẹ tần tảo nuôi con thật cảm động. (The story of the mother raising her children with diligent care is truly touching.)

Học thuật

adj

1. (cũng viết: tảo tần) contriving well