thế ước
Definition
- Verb:
- To vow: To make a solemn and formal promise, often of a personal or profound nature.
- To swear: To make a solemn declaration or promise, invoking a higher power or something sacred as a witness, or to bind oneself by an oath.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Họ thế ước sẽ trung thành với nhau suốt đời. (They vowed to be loyal to each other for life.)
- Anh ấy thế ước trước bàn thờ tổ tiên. (He swore an oath before the ancestral altar.)
- Cô thế ước không bao giờ tiết lộ bí mật. (She swore she would never reveal the secret.)
Advanced Usage
- "thế ước thề": This is a reinforcing compound, emphasizing the solemnity of the oath.
- Hai người bạn thế ước thề sống chết có nhau. (The two friends solemnly swore to share life and death.)
Variants and Related Words
Thề (v): to swear, to vow. This is a more common and direct synonym.
- Cô ấy thề sẽ trả thù. (She swore to get revenge.)
Hứa (v): to promise. This is a more general term without the same solemn or formal connotation.
- Tôi hứa sẽ đến đúng giờ. (I promise to arrive on time.)
Synonyms
- Pledge: A solemn promise or undertaking.
- Oath: A solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness.
- Covenant: A formal and binding agreement or promise.
Related Idioms
- Thế ước non sông: To make a vow as weighty as the mountains and rivers; a solemn, unbreakable oath.
- Lời thế ước non sông ấy không bao giờ phai. (That solemn vow to the land will never fade.)
verb
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to wou, to swear