thăng hoa
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Definition
Verb:
- To sublimate: In chemistry and physics, this is the primary scientific meaning. It describes the process where a substance transitions directly from a solid state to a gas state, or from a gas to a solid, without passing through a liquid phase.
- To sublimate (figurative): In psychology and common usage, it means to channel primitive impulses, emotions, or energy into socially acceptable, positive, or creative activities.
Verb (figurative and literary):
- To be elevated / to be exalted: Used to describe feelings, art, or experiences that reach a higher, purer, or more intense and beautiful level, often moving beyond the ordinary or mundane.
Usage Examples
- Verb (Scientific):
- Trong thí nghiệm, i-ốt sẽ thăng hoa khi được đun nóng. (In the experiment, iodine will sublimate when heated.)
- Verb (Figurative - Psychology/General):
- Anh ấy đã thăng hoa nỗi đau thành những vần thơ. (He sublimated his pain into poetry.)
- Verb (Figurative - Elevated State):
- Tình yêu của họ đã thăng hoa sau chuyến đi đó. (Their love was elevated/sublimated after that trip.)
- Bản giao hưởng khiến cảm xúc của khán giả thăng hoa. (The symphony elevated the audience's emotions.)
Advanced Usage
- "sự thăng hoa": sublimation (noun).
- Sự thăng hoa là một hiện tượng vật lý thú vị. (Sublimation is an interesting physical phenomenon.)
- Đây là sự thăng hoa của nghệ thuật. (This is the sublimation of art.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chất thăng hoa (n): a sublime substance; a substance that undergoes sublimation.
- Làm thăng hoa (v): to cause something to sublimate; to elevate/sublimate something.
- Nghệ thuật có khả năng làm thăng hoa tâm hồn. (Art has the ability to elevate the soul.)
Synonyms
- Sublimate: (for scientific and psychological contexts).
- Elevate: to raise to a higher level.
- Transmute: to change in form or nature, especially to a higher form.
- Purify: to make pure or refine.
Related Idioms
Note: "Thăng hoa" itself is often used in a figurative, idiomatic way rather than being part of a fixed idiom. - The concept is frequently used in expressions like "để cảm xúc thăng hoa" (to let emotions soar/be elevated) or "thăng hoa trong nghệ thuật" (to reach sublimity in art).