tiền duyên
Definition
- Noun:
- Previous life's karmic connection: In Buddhist belief, a predestined affinity or bond between people, believed to be formed from causes and effects in past lives.
- Military term: The forward area or frontline of a defensive system.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Buddhist context):
- Họ gặp nhau và kết hôn, có lẽ là do tiền duyên từ kiếp trước. (They met and married, perhaps due to a karmic connection from a past life.)
- Noun (Military context):
- Quân đội củng cố hệ thống phòng thủ tiền duyên. (The military strengthened the forward area defense system.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in formal, religious, or specialized (military) contexts. In everyday conversation about relationships, simpler terms like "duyên số" (fate/destiny) are more common.
Variants and Related Words
- Duyên số (n): fate, destiny, often used more broadly for relationships.
- Tiền định (n): predestination.
- Tiền tuyến (n): frontline, a more common and specific military synonym for the "forward area" meaning.
Synonyms
- Karmic bond (for the Buddhist meaning).
- Predestined affinity (for the Buddhist meaning).
- Forward area / Frontline (for the military meaning).
Related Idioms
- Có duyên nợ: to have a karmic debt/connection.
- Hai người họ có duyên nợ với nhau từ kiếp trước. (The two of them have a karmic debt from a previous life.)