tráng kiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Robust; strong and healthy: Describes a person, typically an adult or older adult, who is physically powerful, vigorous, and in sound health.
- Hale; hearty: Emphasizes a state of good health and physical strength, often implying resilience and vitality.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy tuy đã ngoài 70 nhưng vẫn rất tráng kiện. (He is over 70 but still very robust.)
- Những vận động viên có thân hình tráng kiện. (The athletes have robust physiques.)
- Cụ già sống một mình nhờ sức khỏe tráng kiện. (The elderly man lives alone thanks to his hearty health.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "tráng kiện" often carries a connotation of admirable or impressive strength, particularly when it defies expectations, such as in advanced age. It is more formal and literary than the common word "khỏe mạnh" (healthy).
Variants and Related Words
Cường tráng (adj): strong, muscular, stalwart. Often describes a build characterized by prominent muscles.
- Anh chàng thanh niên cường tráng. (The stalwart young man.)
Khỏe mạnh (adj): healthy, well. A more general and common term for good health.
- Đứa trẻ khỏe mạnh. (The healthy child.)
Synonyms
- Robust: Strong and healthy; vigorous.
- Sturdy: Strongly and solidly built.
- Hale: (Especially of an old person) strong and healthy.
- Vigorous: Healthy and strong.
Related Idioms
- "Tráng kiện như thanh niên": (As robust as a young person). Used to praise an older person's vitality.
- Ông cụ 80 tuổi mà làm việc tráng kiện như thanh niên. (The 80-year-old man works with the robustness of a young person.)