trầm châu

Một người đàn ông trầm châu xuống dòng sông.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To drown oneself: The act of intentionally submerging oneself in water with the aim of ending one's life; to commit suicide by drowning.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Trong tuyệt vọng, ông ấy đã trầm châu ở con sông này. (In despair, he drowned himself in this river.)
  • Câu chuyện kể về một người thiếu nữ quyết định trầm châu. (The story tells of a young woman who decided to drown herself.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is literary, formal, and carries a heavy, tragic connotation. It is typically found in historical narratives, classical literature, or formal reports, rather than in everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Tự tử (v): to commit suicide (general term).
  • Hành động tự tử là một bi kịch. (The act of suicide is a tragedy.)
• Tự vẫn (v): to kill oneself; to commit suicide (formal/literary, often but not exclusively by drowning).
  • Bà ấy đã tự vẫn sau cú sốc đó. (She took her own life after that shock.)

Synonyms

• To drown oneself: The direct synonym describing the specific method.
• To commit suicide by drowning: A more descriptive phrase.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using "trầm châu". The term itself is a specific, formal expression for the act.