tốt vô ngần
Definition
- Adjective phrase:
- Infinitely good; immeasurably good; boundlessly good: An emphatic expression describing a degree of goodness that is limitless, beyond measure, or too great to be described. It conveys a sense of profound, absolute, or perfect goodness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective phrase:
- Tấm lòng của mẹ thật tốt vô ngần. (A mother's heart is infinitely good.)
- Đó là một hành động tốt vô ngần. (That is an immeasurably good deed.)
- Cô ấy có tâm hồn tốt vô ngần. (She has a boundlessly good soul.)
Advanced Usage
- This phrase is primarily used in literary, poetic, or highly expressive contexts to elevate the quality being described to an absolute level. It is not common in everyday casual speech.
Variants and Related Words
Tốt đẹp (adj): good, fine, beautiful (in a moral or qualitative sense).
- Một tương lai tốt đẹp. (A good future.)
Vô cùng tốt (adj phrase): extremely good, exceedingly good.
- Chất lượng vô cùng tốt. (The quality is extremely good.)
Synonyms
- Infinitely good: Having no limits or bounds in goodness.
- Immeasurably good: Too good to be measured.
- Exceedingly good: To an extreme degree of goodness.
- Incomparably good: So good that nothing can compare.
Related Idioms
Tốt như bụt: As good as a saint (Buddha); meaning very kind and virtuous.
- Ông lão ấy tốt như bụt. (That old man is as good as a saint.)
Tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn: Literally, "good wood is better than good paint"; meaning inner substance is more important than outward appearance.
- Khi chọn bạn, nhớ tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn. (When choosing a friend, remember substance over style.)