Definition

Noun: - Ups and downs: The inherent fluctuations, changes, and vicissitudes of life, fortune, or circumstances, involving periods of rise and fall, success and failure, prosperity and decline.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cuộc sống đầy thăng trầm. (Life is full of ups and downs.)
  • Anh ấy đã trải qua nhiều thăng trầm trong sự nghiệp. (He has experienced many vicissitudes in his career.)
  • Thế sự thăng trầm, khó lường trước được. (The affairs of the world are unpredictable, full of rises and falls.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe the historical or emotional fluctuations of a person, a nation, or an organization over a long period.
  • Câu chuyện kể về những thăng trầm của một dòng họ. (The story tells about the vicissitudes of a family lineage.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lên xuống (v): to go up and down; to fluctuate (often used for more concrete or measurable changes, like prices).
• Biến động (n): fluctuation; upheaval (often implies stronger, more sudden changes).

Synonyms

• Vicissitudes: A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
• Fluctuations: Irregular rising and falling in number or amount; changes.
• Twists and turns: Unexpected changes and developments in a situation or process.

Related Idioms

• Bể dâu, cuộc bể dâu: Literally "the mulberry field turned into a sea"; an idiom denoting great and unpredictable changes in life and the world, closely related to the concept of .
  • Đời người lắm bể dâu. (A person's life has many great vicissitudes.)

noun

1. ups and downs