Definition

1. Noun (Anatomy):

   • Temple: The flat region on each side of the forehead, between the eye and the hairline and above the cheekbone. It is a sensitive area where the skull bones meet.

2. Noun (Literary / Poetic):

   • The Sun: A classical or literary term for the sun, often used in poetic or formal contexts to evoke its brilliance and life-giving power.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Anatomy):

  • Anh ta cảm thấy đau nhói ở thái dương. (He felt a sharp pain in his temple.)
  • Cô ấy xoa thái dương để giảm cơn đau đầu. (She massaged her temples to relieve her headache.)

• Noun (Literary):

  • Ánh thái dương chiếu rọi khắp mặt đất. (The sunlight shone upon the whole earth.)
  • Thái dương lặn xuống sau dãy núi. (The sun set behind the mountain range.)

Advanced Usage

• "xương thái dương": The temporal bone (the skull bone underlying the temple region).
  • Bác sĩ chụp X-quang xương thái dương. (The doctor took an X-ray of the temporal bone.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thái dương hạc (n): A poetic or decorative term for the sun, sometimes used in literature or art.
• Vầng thái dương (n): A poetic phrase meaning "the orb of the sun."

Synonyms

• Temple: The anatomical term for the side of the forehead.
• Sun: The star at the center of our solar system. Synonyms include (common), (colloquial).

Related Idioms

• Mặt trời, mặt trăng, thái dương, thái âm: A phrase invoking all celestial bodies, meaning "the sun, the moon, the solar principle, the lunar principle," used to swear oaths or emphasize truthfulness in classical literature.
  • Tôi thề có trời đất, mặt trời, mặt trăng, thái dương, thái âm chứng giám. (I swear by heaven and earth, with the sun, the moon, the solar and lunar principles as my witnesses.)

noun

1. temple sun