trùng phùng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Reunited; meeting again after a long separation: Describes the joyful and often emotional state of encountering someone or something beloved after a prolonged period of being apart. It carries a poetic and sentimental nuance, implying a fortunate and meaningful reunion.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau hai mươi năm xa cách, cuộc gặp gỡ của họ thật là một sự trùng phùng. (After twenty years of separation, their meeting was a true reunion.)
- Cảm xúc trùng phùng khi gặp lại người bạn cũ thật khó tả. (The feeling of reunion upon meeting an old friend is indescribable.)
- Đó là một cơ hội trùng phùng hiếm có. (It was a rare chance to meet again.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "trùng phùng" is primarily used in formal, literary, or emotional contexts. It is less common in everyday casual speech, where phrases like (to meet again) are more typical.
- It can describe the reunion of people, but also poetically of things, memories, or circumstances.
Variants and Related Words
- Sum họp (v/n): to reunite; a reunion (often of a family).
- Gia đình sum họp vào dịp Tết. (The family reunites during Tet.)
- Đoàn tụ (v): to reunite, to be reunited (emphasizing coming back together as one).
- Hai cha con đã được đoàn tụ. (The father and son were reunited.)
- Gặp lại (v): to meet again (neutral, common usage).
Synonyms
- Reunion: the act of coming together again.
- Reunited: brought together again after separation.
- Re-encounter: a meeting or encounter that happens again.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Cuộc hội ngộ trùng phùng: A fateful or joyous reunion.
- Cuộc hội ngộ trùng phùng sau bao năm tháng. (A joyous reunion after so many years.)
- Cơ duyên trùng phùng: The fortunate fate or chance that leads to a reunion.
- Nhờ cơ duyên trùng phùng, chúng tôi mới gặp lại nhau. (Thanks to a fortunate twist of fate, we met again.)