truyền kiếp
Definition
- Adjective:
- Hereditary / Ancestral: Refers to something (often a trait, condition, or feeling) passed down from one generation to the next. It implies a deep, ingrained connection across lifetimes or eras.
- Age-old / Immemorial: Describes something that has existed for a very long time, as if from a previous life or ancient cycle, emphasizing its enduring and timeless nature.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mối thù truyền kiếp giữa hai gia tộc cuối cùng đã được hóa giải. (The age-old feud between the two families was finally resolved.)
- Đó dường như là một món nợ truyền kiếp. (That seems to be a hereditary debt.)
- Anh ấy có tài năng âm nhạc như truyền kiếp. (He has a seemingly ancestral talent for music.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a poetic or literary weight and is commonly used in contexts discussing fate, karma, deep-seated conflicts, or innate talents that feel inherited beyond a single lifetime.
- It can modify abstract nouns like "thù" (hatred/feud), "nợ" (debt), "duyên" (predestined affinity), or "tài" (talent).
Variants and Related Words
- Truyền đời (adj): Passed down through generations; generational. (Less poetic than "truyền kiếp").
- Truyền thống (n): Tradition. (Focuses on customs and practices, not an inherent condition).
Synonyms
- Hereditary: Passed on from ancestors.
- Ancestral: Of or inherited from ancestors.
- Age-old: Having existed for a very long time.
- Immemorial: Originating in the distant past.
Related Idioms and Concepts
- Oan gia truyền kiếp: A fated, lifelong (or multi-life) enemy or rival; a feud of destiny.
- Họ cứ tranh cãi nhau như oan gia truyền kiếp. (They keep arguing as if they are fated enemies.)
- Duyên truyền kiếp: A predestined bond or relationship across lifetimes.
- Họ gặp lại nhau như có duyên truyền kiếp. (They met again as if bound by a destiny from a past life.)