tận thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Extremely good; excellent; of the highest quality: Describes something that has reached the utmost level of goodness or virtue.
- Perfect; consummate: Often used in conjunction with other terms to describe an ideal state of perfection, particularly in moral or aesthetic contexts.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy là một người tận thiện. (He is an extremely virtuous/good person.)
- Công việc này đòi hỏi sự cố gắng tận thiện. (This work requires a pursuit of perfection.)
- Tác phẩm nghệ thuật đó đạt đến mức tận thiện tận mỹ. (That artwork achieves a state of perfect goodness and beauty.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is most classically and commonly found in the four-character idiom "tận thiện tận mỹ".
- "tận thiện tận mỹ": To be perfect in both goodness and beauty; to attain the highest possible standard of moral and aesthetic perfection.
- Nhà điêu khắc luôn phấn đấu cho sự tận thiện tận mỹ. (The sculptor always strives for consummate perfection [in both virtue and beauty].)
Variants and Related Words
- Tận mỹ (adj): Perfect in beauty; consummately beautiful. Rarely used alone, it is almost always paired with .
- Hoàn thiện (v/adj): To perfect; to complete; perfected. This is a more common, general word for perfection or completion.
Synonyms
- Excellent: Extremely good.
- Consummate: Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect.
- Virtuous: Having high moral standards.
Related Idioms
- Tận thiện tận mỹ: The primary idiom, meaning "perfect in every way; to achieve the ultimate in goodness and beauty."
- Triết lý của ông ấy là hướng tới sự tận thiện tận mỹ. (His philosophy is to aim for the ultimate perfection.)