Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fully satisfied / contented: A state of having one's desires, wishes, or ambitions completely fulfilled, leading to great contentment.
   • To one's heart's content: Describes the action of doing something as much as one wants, until one is fully gratified.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi đạt được huy chương vàng, cô ấy cảm thấy thật thỏa chí. (After winning the gold medal, she felt truly satisfied.)
  • Chúng tôi đã đi du lịch khắp châu Âu và cảm thấy thỏa chí. (We traveled all over Europe and felt fully content.)
• Adverbial Phrase:
  • Cuối tuần, anh ấy ngồi đọc sách thỏa chí. (On the weekend, he sat and read to his heart's content.)
  • Bọn trẻ được chơi trong công viên nước thỏa chí. (The children got to play in the water park to their hearts' content.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a connotation of deep, almost indulgent satisfaction, frequently after a period of longing or effort. It is more intense than simple satisfaction ("thỏa mãn").

Variants and Related Words

• Thỏa mãn (v/adj): to satisfy, to be satisfied. This is a more general term for meeting a need or desire.
  • Sản phẩm này thỏa mãn nhu cầu của khách hàng. (This product satisfies the customer's needs.)
• Thỏa thuê (adj): feeling pleasantly full and content, often used in the context of eating or physical pleasure.
  • Bữa tiệc khiến mọi người no nê, thỏa thuê. (The feast left everyone full and content.)

Synonyms

• Contented: Feeling happy and satisfied.
• Gratified: Having one's wishes fulfilled.
• Satiated: Satisfied fully, especially a desire.

Related Idioms

• Thỏa chí tang bồng: To satisfy one's adventurous or heroic aspirations (from the classical image of bows and spears).
  • Chuyến phiêu lưu ở rừng Amazon cho anh ta thỏa chí tang bồng. (The adventure in the Amazon let him satisfy his heroic spirit.)
• Thỏa chí bình sinh: To fulfill one's lifelong ambition.
  • Xuất bản được cuốn tiểu thuyết là thỏa chí bình sinh của ông ấy. (Publishing the novel was the fulfillment of his lifelong ambition.)

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