Definition

1. Noun (Literary):
   • Blue clouds / Azure clouds: A poetic term referring to clouds of a blue or azure hue.
   • The path to fame and high position: A classical metaphor symbolizing a successful career in the government or the road to achieving honor, rank, and renown. It implies a swift and elevated ascent, like rising into the clear blue sky.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trên bầu trời, những đám thanh vân trôi nhẹ nhàng. (In the sky, wisps of blue clouds drifted gently.)
  • Ước mơ của chàng thư sinh là bước lên con đường thanh vân. (The scholar's dream was to step onto the path to high office.)
  • Cậu ấy đã thanh vân đắc lộ, nay đã là một vị quan. (He has successfully ascended the path to honor and is now a mandarin.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in classical, literary, or formal contexts and is not common in everyday modern speech.
• It is most frequently encountered in the fixed four-character idiom "thanh vân đắc lộ" (青雲得路), which means "to successfully gain the road to the blue clouds," i.e., to achieve a brilliant career and high social status.

Variants and Related Words

• Bước lên thanh vân (v): To step onto the blue clouds; to achieve success and high rank.
  • Sau khi đỗ trạng nguyên, ông được coi là đã bước lên thanh vân. (After passing the top imperial exam, he was considered to have ascended to high station.)

Synonyms

• Công danh: Fame and rank.
• Danh vọng: Prestige, reputation.
• Địa vị cao: High position.

Related Idioms

• Thanh vân đắc lộ: To have a successful and illustrious career; to rise to a position of power and honor.
  • Chúc anh sớm thanh vân đắc lộ trong sự nghiệp. (I wish you an early ascent to fame and fortune in your career.)

noun

1. blue cloud adder of fame