truân chiên

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Full of hardship and difficulty: Describes a situation, life, or period that is marked by great trouble, suffering, and arduous struggle.
   • Troubled and arduous: Characterized by continuous challenges and misfortunes.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cuộc đời bà ấy thật truân chuyên. (Her life has been full of hardship.)
  • Họ đã trải qua một chặng đường truân chuyên. (They went through a troubled and arduous journey.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is literary and formal, often used in written narratives to evoke a sense of prolonged suffering or a difficult fate.

Variants and Related Words

• Truân chuyên (adj): This is the more standard and common spelling variant with the same meaning.
  • Số phận truân chuyên. (A destiny full of tribulations.)

Synonyms

• Arduous: Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
• Tribulation: A cause of great trouble or suffering.
• Hardship: Severe suffering or privation.

Related Idioms

• While "truân chuyên" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used in poetic expressions to describe a difficult fate or life journey.