tuyệt diệu
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Wonderful, marvelous, exquisite: Describes something of extremely high quality, beauty, or skill, evoking a sense of awe and admiration. It often refers to an experience, object, or creation that is perceived as perfect or nearly perfect.
- Admirable, superb: Describes an action, plan, or trait that is exceptionally clever, skillful, or effective, worthy of the highest praise.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cảnh hoàng hôn ở đây thật tuyệt diệu. (The sunset here is truly wonderful/marvelous.)
- Cô ấy có một giọng hát tuyệt diệu. (She has an exquisite voice.)
- Đó là một kế hoạch tuyệt diệu. (That is an admirable/superb plan.)
Advanced Usage
"tuyệt diệu" vs. "tuyệt vời": While both mean "wonderful," "tuyệt diệu" often carries a stronger, more poetic, and sometimes more refined connotation, implying a sense of miraculous perfection or divine beauty. "Tuyệt vời" is more commonly used in everyday speech.
- Một kiệt tác tuyệt diệu (an exquisite masterpiece) emphasizes supreme artistic beauty.
- Một buổi tiệc tuyệt vời (a wonderful party) is a more general compliment.
Used to describe abstract concepts like art, music, nature, or intelligence, where the quality is extraordinary.
- sự kết hợp tuyệt diệu (a marvelous combination)
- trí thông minh tuyệt diệu (admirable intelligence)
Variants and Related Words
Tuyệt (adj/adv): Excellent, extreme, or to stop/cut off. Often used as an intensifier.
- tuyệt đỉnh (the peak, superb)
- tuyệt chủng (to become extinct)
Diệu (adj): Wonderful, marvelous, miraculous. Often found in compound words.
- kỳ diệu (magical, miraculous)
- huyền diệu (mysterious and wonderful)
Synonyms
- Kỳ diệu: Magical, miraculous. Focuses more on a sense of wonder and magic.
- Xuất sắc: Excellent, outstanding. Focuses more on high quality and performance.
- Tuyệt hảo: Superb, exquisite. Very similar in meaning and register to "tuyệt diệu."
- Tuyệt trần: Peerless, unmatched (often for beauty).
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "tuyệt diệu vô song": Incomparable, peerless in its wonder.
- Tài năng của cô ấy tuyệt diệu vô song. (Her talent is peerlessly wonderful.)
- While "tuyệt diệu" itself is not typically part of phrasal verbs, it can be used in various descriptive phrases.
- cảm thấy tuyệt diệu (to feel wonderful)
- một điều gì đó tuyệt diệu (something wonderful)