tơ duyên
Definition
- Noun (Literary):
- The threads of love or marriage fate: Refers to the predestined bond or connection between two people, especially a romantic or marital bond believed to be fated or arranged by destiny. It is a poetic and traditional concept.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Họ tin rằng tơ duyên của họ đã được se từ kiếp trước. (They believe the threads of their love were spun from a previous life.)
- Câu chuyện kể về một tơ duyên trắc trở. (The story tells of a fraught romantic fate.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in a literary, poetic, or traditional context, often in relation to folk tales, classical poetry, or discussions of predestination in relationships.
Variants and Related Words
- Duyên số (n): fate, destiny (specifically in love and marriage).
- Duyên số của họ thật đẹp. (Their marital fate is beautiful.)
- Lương duyên (n, literary): good marital fate; a fortunate predestined match.
- Cầu chúc cho đôi trẻ có một lương duyên. (Wishing the young couple a fortunate marital fate.)
Synonyms
- Predestined love: Love believed to be fated.
- Marital bond: The connection of marriage, often with a sense of destiny.
- Fated connection: A relationship link believed to be ordained by fate.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Se tơ duyên / Se duyên: To act as a matchmaker; to help create a marital bond.
- Bà mối đã se tơ duyên cho đôi trẻ. (The matchmaker helped forge the marital bond for the young couple.)
- Tơ duyên hạnh ngộ: The fortunate meeting of fated love.
- Đó là một cuộc tơ duyên hạnh ngộ hiếm có. (That was a rare and fortunate meeting of predestined love.)