trông mong
Definition
- Verb:
- To hope / to hope for: To desire and expect something to happen or be the case, often with a feeling of anticipation.
- To wait for / to await: To look forward to the arrival or occurrence of something or someone, often with patience.
- To rely on / to depend on: To place one's trust or expectation in someone or something for support or a particular outcome.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tôi trông mong sẽ gặp lại bạn. (I hope to see you again.)
- Cả gia đình trông mong anh ấy trở về. (The whole family is waiting for him to return.)
- Chúng tôi trông mong vào sự giúp đỡ của cộng đồng. (We rely on the community's help.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries an emotional weight of earnest desire or anxious anticipation. It can be used in both positive contexts (hoping for good news) and contexts of worry (anxiously awaiting a result).
Variants and Related Words
- Mong đợi (v): to await, to look forward to. This is a very close synonym.
- Mọi người đang mong đợi kết quả. (Everyone is awaiting the results.)
- Trông chờ (v): to wait for, to count on. Similar to "trông mong" but can imply a stronger sense of dependency.
- Đừng trông chờ vào may rủi. (Don't count on luck.)
Synonyms
- Hope: To want something to happen or be true.
- Await: To wait for an event or person.
- Rely on: To depend on with confidence.
Related Idioms
- Trông mong như trời hạn trông mưa: To hope for something as desperately as a drought longs for rain. This idiom emphasizes intense, desperate longing.
- Cô ấy trông mong tin con như trời hạn trông mưa. (She hoped for news from her child like a drought longs for rain.)