Definition

Adjective: * Very spacious, immense, vast: Describes an area, space, or landscape that is extremely wide, open, and unconfined, often giving a sense of freedom or emptiness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cánh đồng lúa thênh thang trải dài đến tận chân trời. (The rice field stretches vast and wide all the way to the horizon.)
  • Căn phòng này trống trải, thênh thang quá. (This room is empty and immensely spacious.)
  • Tâm hồn thênh thang như biển cả. (A soul as vast as the ocean.)

Advanced Usage

• "Thênh thang" is often used to evoke a poetic or emotional feeling of boundlessness, not just physical size. It can describe abstract concepts like one's soul, heart, or future.
  • Con đường phía trước còn thênh thang. (The road ahead is still wide open [full of possibilities].)

Variants and Related Words

• Thênh thênh (adj): A less common, poetic variant with a similar meaning of spacious and open.
• Bát ngát (adj): Vast, expansive (often used for skies, fields, or seas). It is a close synonym but can imply a more overwhelming, sweeping scale.
• Mênh mông (adj): Immense, boundless (often for seas, skies, or emotions). It emphasizes limitless, unfathomable expanse.

Synonyms

• Rộng lớn: Large, wide.
• Bao la: Vast, immense (often for abstract things like love, the universe).
• Mênh mang: Vast, extensive (similar to ).

Related Idioms

• Đường *thênh thang mây trắng*: A poetic idiom describing a wide, open road under white clouds, symbolizing a bright, unobstructed future or journey.
  • Cứ bước đi, phía trước là đường thênh thang mây trắng. (Just keep walking; ahead lies a broad, open road under white clouds.)

adj

1. very spacious, immense