trích tiên
Definition
- Noun:
- A banished immortal; an exiled fairy: In Vietnamese mythology and folklore, a celestial being (a fairy or an immortal) who has been punished and cast down from heaven to live in the mortal world.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Truyện cổ tích thường kể về những nàng trích tiên phải lao động vất vả dưới trần gian. (Folk tales often tell of banished immortals who have to labor hard in the mortal world.)
- Nhân vật chính trong câu chuyện thực ra là một vị trích tiên. (The main character in the story is actually an exiled fairy.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in a literary or folkloric context to describe a supernatural being living among humans, often as part of a punishment or a test. Their stories typically involve themes of redemption, hardship in the mortal realm, or forbidden love.
Variants and Related Words
- Tiên (n): fairy, immortal, celestial being.
- Cô ấy đẹp như tiên. (She is as beautiful as a fairy.)
- Tiên nữ (n): fairy maiden, female celestial being.
- Đội múa mặc trang phục của các tiên nữ. (The dance troupe wore costumes of fairy maidens.)
Synonyms
- Banished fairy
- Exiled immortal
- Fallen celestial being
Related Idioms
- Bị trích xuống trần: to be banished to the mortal world. This phrase describes the action of being cast down.
- Vì phạm thiên quy, nàng tiên ấy bị trích xuống trần. (For breaking heavenly law, that fairy was banished to the mortal world.)