thiết tha
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Keen on / Attached to: Describing a deep, sincere, and earnest emotional connection or strong desire towards a person, object, or ideal.
- Earnest / Ardent: Conveying a feeling of heartfelt intensity, deep passion, or sincere urgency in one's emotions, requests, or actions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cô ấy có lời cầu xin rất thiết tha. (She made a very earnest plea.)
- Anh ấy thiết tha với quê hương. (He is deeply attached to his homeland.)
- Tình yêu của họ thật thiết tha. (Their love is truly ardent.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to modify nouns describing emotions, requests, or expressions to intensify their sincerity and depth.
- một nguyện vọng thiết tha (an earnest aspiration)
- lời hứa thiết tha (a heartfelt promise)
Variants and Related Words
- Tha thiết (adj): An interchangeable variant with identical meaning, often used in similar contexts.
- Cô ấy nhớ quê nhà một cách tha thiết. (She misses her hometown deeply.)
Synonyms
- Earnest: Showing sincere conviction.
- Ardent: Enthusiastic or passionate.
- Heartfelt: Deeply and sincerely felt.
- Fervent: Having or displaying a passionate intensity.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Thiết tha mong muốn: To ardently desire.
- Họ thiết tha mong muốn hòa bình. (They ardently desire peace.)
- Yêu thiết tha: To love ardently.
- Yêu thiết tha mảnh đất này. (To love this land ardently.)
adj
- keen on, attached to eager