thỏa chí
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- 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.)
- be satisfied