Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Diligent and frugal: Describes a person, traditionally a woman, who works tirelessly and manages household affairs with great care and thrift, especially under difficult circumstances.
   • Industrious and meticulous: Characterizes someone who is hardworking and attentive to detail in providing for and nurturing a family.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Người mẹ ấy đã tần tảo nuôi ba đứa con khôn lớn. (That mother diligently and frugally raised three children to adulthood.)
  • Bà sống một cuộc đời tần tảo, sớm hôm làm lụng. (She lived an industrious and frugal life, laboring from dawn till dusk.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "tần tảo" often carries a connotation of silent sacrifice, resilience, and unwavering dedication within a family context, particularly in challenging economic conditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Tảo tần (adj): A variant form with the same meaning as "tần tảo".
  • Bà ngoại tôi cả đời tảo tần. (My grandmother was diligent and frugal her whole life.)

Synonyms

• Diligent: Having or showing care in one's work or duties.
• Frugal: Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
• Industrious: Diligent and hard-working.
• Thrifty: Using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.

Related Idioms

• Tần tảo sớm hôm: To labor diligently from morning till night.

  • Mẹ tần tảo sớm hôm để chúng tôi được học hành. (My mother labored diligently from morning till night so we could get an education.)

• Tần tảo nuôi con: To raise children with diligent care and frugality.

  • Câu chuyện về người mẹ tần tảo nuôi con thật cảm động. (The story of the mother raising her children with diligent care is truly touching.)

adj

1. (cũng viết: tảo tần) contriving well