thăng trầm
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Definition
Noun: - Ups and downs: The inherent fluctuations, changes, and vicissitudes of life, fortune, or circumstances, involving periods of rise and fall, success and failure, prosperity and decline.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Cuộc sống đầy thăng trầm. (Life is full of ups and downs.)
- Anh ấy đã trải qua nhiều thăng trầm trong sự nghiệp. (He has experienced many vicissitudes in his career.)
- Thế sự thăng trầm, khó lường trước được. (The affairs of the world are unpredictable, full of rises and falls.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe the historical or emotional fluctuations of a person, a nation, or an organization over a long period.
- Câu chuyện kể về những thăng trầm của một dòng họ. (The story tells about the vicissitudes of a family lineage.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lên xuống (v): to go up and down; to fluctuate (often used for more concrete or measurable changes, like prices).
- Biến động (n): fluctuation; upheaval (often implies stronger, more sudden changes).
Synonyms
- Vicissitudes: A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
- Fluctuations: Irregular rising and falling in number or amount; changes.
- Twists and turns: Unexpected changes and developments in a situation or process.
Related Idioms
- Bể dâu, cuộc bể dâu: Literally "the mulberry field turned into a sea"; an idiom denoting great and unpredictable changes in life and the world, closely related to the concept of .
- Đời người lắm bể dâu. (A person's life has many great vicissitudes.)
noun
- ups and downs