thiên khải
Definition
- Noun:
- Divine revelation: A disclosure of knowledge, truth, or guidance believed to be communicated directly from a deity or a divine source to a human.
- Illumination: A sudden, profound, and clarifying insight or understanding, often with a spiritual or intellectual connotation of being inspired from a higher source.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nhà tiên tri tuyên bố đã nhận được một thiên khải. (The prophet declared he had received a divine revelation.)
- Ý tưởng cho bài thơ đến với ông ấy như một thiên khải. (The idea for the poem came to him like an illumination.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in religious, philosophical, or profound artistic contexts to describe a truth that is revealed rather than discovered through ordinary means.
Variants and Related Words
- Thiên khải luận (n): Revelationism; the theological study or doctrine concerning divine revelations.
Synonyms
- Revelation: The act of revealing or communicating divine truth.
- Illumination: Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
- Epiphany: A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.
Related Concepts
- Linh cảm (n): Intuition or premonition (a more general, less divinely-specific term for a sudden insight).
- Mặc khải (n): Another term for revelation, often used interchangeably with .