trọn đời
Definition
Adjective:
- For life / lifelong: Describes something that lasts for the entire duration of a person's life. It emphasizes completeness and permanence within the span of one's existence.
- Whole life: Can refer to the entirety of one's life as a single, complete unit.
Adverb:
- For a lifetime: Used to indicate that an action, state, or commitment extends throughout one's entire life.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Họ đã hứa với nhau một tình yêu trọn đời. (They promised each other a love for life.)
- Đó là một kỷ niệm trọn đời. (That is a lifelong memory.)
- Adverb:
- Anh ấy nguyện gắn bó với nghề trọn đời. (He vowed to be devoted to the profession for a lifetime.)
- Cô ấy sẽ ghi nhớ ơn này trọn đời. (She will remember this favor for life.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal, poetic, or solemn contexts such as vows, promises, contracts, and profound commitments to denote an unending duration tied to a person's lifespan.
- Can be combined with verbs of commitment like (to commit), (to promise), (to live).
Variants and Related Words
- Suốt đời (adv): Throughout life, for life. (Has a very similar meaning and is often interchangeable with , though can sound more formal or complete.)
- Ông ấy phục vụ suốt đời trong quân ngũ. (He served in the military for life.)
- Cả đời (n/phrase): Whole life, all one's life. (More colloquial.)
- Cả đời tôi chưa thấy chuyện đó. (I have never seen that in all my life.)
Synonyms
- Lifelong: Lasting for a lifetime.
- For life: For the remainder of one's life.
- Perpetual: Never ending or changing (in some contexts of commitment).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Trọn đời trọn kiếp: For this life and the next; forever and ever. Emphasizes a commitment extending beyond a single lifetime in a poetic sense.
- Thề nguyền trọn đời trọn kiếp. (To vow for this life and the next.)
- Bạn trọn đời: A friend for life.
- Họ đã trở thành bạn trọn đời. (They became friends for life.)