tài hoa
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Refined talent, exquisite talent: A high level of natural ability or skill, especially in artistic or literary fields, characterized by elegance, grace, and sophistication. It implies not just skill, but a gifted and distinguished flair.
Adjective:
- Talented and refined, gifted and elegant: Used to describe a person who possesses such refined talent, or the elegant, distinguished works they create. It often carries a connotation of artistic brilliance and a cultivated, graceful style.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ấy là một nghệ sĩ có tài hoa. (He is an artist of exquisite talent.)
- Người ta ngưỡng mộ tài hoa của nhà văn. (People admire the writer's refined talent.)
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy là một họa sĩ tài hoa. (He is a gifted and refined painter.)
- Bức tranh thể hiện một nét vẽ tài hoa. (The painting shows masterful and elegant brushwork.)
Advanced Usage
- "Tài hoa mệnh bạc": A classical idiom describing a tragic fate, often of artists, meaning "gifted but ill-fated" or "brilliant talent but a short life." It suggests a person of great artistic talent who suffers misfortune or dies young.
- Nhiều thi sĩ trong lịch sử được coi là tài hoa mệnh bạc. (Many poets in history are considered gifted but ill-fated.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tài năng (n): Talent, ability. This is a more general and common term for talent, without the specific connotation of refinement and elegance inherent in "tài hoa."
- Tài tử (n/adjective): Amateur; or, a person with a casual, elegant, and artistic demeanor (often used in "phong cách tài tử" – a debonair style).
Synonyms
- Refined talent
- Artistic brilliance
- Giftedness (with an implication of elegance)
- Distinguished skill
Related Idioms
- Tài hoa lỗi lạc: Exceptionally and outstandingly talented. This phrase intensifies the meaning of "tài hoa."
- Một kiến trúc sư tài hoa lỗi lạc. (An exceptionally brilliant architect.)
noun
- refined talent, exquisite talent