Definition

1. Noun:
   • Worldly attachments and troubles: The burdens, complications, and afflictions inherent in secular, material life that cause suffering and hinder spiritual peace.
   • Mundane entanglements: The complex web of desires, relationships, and material concerns that bind a person to the cycle of suffering.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con người khó thoát khỏi những tục lụy của cuộc đời. (It is difficult for people to escape the worldly attachments of life.)
  • Ông ấy muốn sống an nhiên, không bận tâm tục lụy. (He wants to live in peace, free from mundane troubles.)
  • Tục lụy là nguyên nhân của nhiều nỗi khổ. (Worldly entanglements are the cause of much suffering.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is deeply rooted in Buddhist and philosophical contexts, referring to the attachments that prevent enlightenment or simple contentment. It often carries a tone of weariness or spiritual burden.

Variants and Related Words

• Trần tục (adj/n): Mundane, secular; pertaining to the earthly world.

  • Những ham muốn trần tục. (Mundane desires.)

• Hệ lụy (n): Consequence, entanglement (often negative).

  • Hệ lụy của chiến tranh. (The consequences of war.)

Synonyms

• Worldly cares: Concerns of material life.
• Earthly burdens: Troubles associated with human existence.
• Mundane afflictions: Sufferings arising from secular life.

Related Idioms

• Vướng bận tục lụy: To be entangled in worldly troubles.

  • Tâm trí ông ấy luôn vướng bận tục lụy. (His mind is always entangled in worldly troubles.)

• Thoát tục: To transcend worldly life; to renounce secular concerns.

  • Ước mơ được sống thoát tục. (The dream of living a life transcending worldly concerns.)