Definition

1. Verb:
   • To vow, to pledge, to swear an oath: "thề nguyền" means to make a solemn and formal promise, often involving a commitment between people, especially regarding love, loyalty, or a shared future. It implies a deep, heartfelt pledge, stronger than a casual promise.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ đã thề nguyền sẽ yêu nhau trọn đời. (They vowed to love each other for life.)
  • Trước bàn thờ tổ tiên, đôi trai gái thề nguyền sống chết có nhau. (In front of the ancestral altar, the young couple swore to be together in life and death.)

Advanced Usage

• "thề nguyền ước hẹn": to vow and make a pledge; often used to emphasize the act of making mutual promises, especially in romantic contexts.
  • Câu chuyện tình của họ bắt đầu từ những lời thề nguyền ước hẹn dưới trăng. (Their love story began with vows and pledges made under the moonlight.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thề (verb): to swear, to vow. This is a more general and commonly used term for making a solemn promise.
  • Anh ấy thề sẽ không bao giờ phản bội. (He swore he would never betray.)
• Nguyền (verb): to vow, to make a pledge. This word is often used in poetic or formal contexts and is frequently paired with "thề".
  • Lời nguyền giữ trọn tấm lòng. (A vow to keep one's heart faithful.)

Synonyms

• Hứa hẹn: to promise (less solemn than "thề nguyền").
• Cam kết: to commit, to pledge (often used in formal or contractual contexts).
• Tuyên thệ: to take an oath (used in very formal, official, or legal settings).

Related Phrases

• Thề non hẹn biển: (Idiom) To make extravagant vows; to swear by the mountains and promise by the seas. It describes making grand, perhaps unrealistic, promises.
  • Đừng tin những lời thề non hẹn biển. (Don't believe those extravagant vows.)
• Thề sống thề chết: (Phrase) To swear to be together until death; to pledge one's life.
  • Họ thề sống thề chết không rời xa nhau. (They swore to never leave each other, even unto death.)

verb

1. to give plighted word