thiên niên kỷ

Một thiên niên kỷ là một khoảng thời gian rất dài trong lịch sử.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Millennium: A period of one thousand years. This is the primary and most common meaning of "thiên niên kỷ," used in historical, chronological, and futuristic contexts.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng ta đang sống trong thiên niên kỷ thứ ba. (We are living in the third millennium.)
  • Sự kiện này xảy ra cách đây gần một thiên niên kỷ. (This event happened nearly a millennium ago.)
  • Họ lên kế hoạch cho dự án trong thiên niên kỷ tới. (They are planning the project for the next millennium.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in academic and formal writing to discuss large-scale historical periods or future projections.
• In religious or prophetic contexts, it can refer to a period of a thousand years of peace or prosperity.

Variants and Related Words

• Thiên niên (n): A less common, abbreviated form meaning "millennium," primarily used in literary or poetic contexts.
• Kỷ nguyên (n): Era, age. A broader term for a long and distinct period of history, which may or may not be a thousand years.
• Thế kỷ (n): Century. A period of one hundred years.

Synonyms

• Millennium: A period of one thousand years.
• Chiliad: A less common synonym for a period of a thousand years.

Related Idioms

• While there are no direct idioms using "thiên niên kỷ," it is conceptually related to ideas of very long durations. A related Vietnamese phrase is:
  • Ngàn năm một thuở: Literally "a thousand years in a moment," meaning a very rare or epochal event.

    • Cơ hội ngàn năm một thuở. (A once-in-a-millennium opportunity.)