Definition

1. Verb:
   • To migrate: To move one's permanent residence from one place to another, often implying a significant or permanent relocation.
   • To resettle: To establish a new home in a different location, sometimes due to environmental, social, or economic factors.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhiều loài chim thiên cư khi mùa đông đến. (Many bird species migrate when winter comes.)
  • Gia đình họ đã thiên cư vào miền Nam để tìm cuộc sống mới. (Their family resettled in the South to find a new life.)
  • Do biến đổi khí hậu, một số cộng đồng buộc phải thiên cư. (Due to climate change, some communities are forced to migrate.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a formal or literary tone and is frequently used in contexts discussing demographics, ecology, or history to describe large-scale or permanent movements.

Variants and Related Words

• Di cư (v): A more common and general synonym for "to migrate" or "to emigrate."
• Chuyển cư (v): A near-synonym meaning "to relocate one's residence."

Synonyms

• Migrate: To move from one region or habitat to another.
• Resettle: To settle in a different place.
• Relocate: To move to a new place and establish one's home or business there.

Related Idioms

• While "thiên cư" itself is not typically part of idioms, the concept is central to phrases like:
  • Cuộc thiên cư lớn: The great migration.

    • Cuộc thiên cư lớn của người Mỹ đi về phía Tây. (The great migration of Americans to the West.)