từ rày

Từ rày tôi sẽ tập thể dục mỗi sáng.

Definition

1. Adverbial phrase:
   • From now on: Indicates the starting point of a new period or situation that will continue into the future. It marks a decisive change from the present moment forward.
   • Henceforth / From this day forward: A more formal or emphatic expression for beginning a new course of action or state of being.

Usage Examples

• Adverbial phrase:
  • Từ rày, tôi sẽ tập thể dục đều đặn. (From now on, I will exercise regularly.)
  • Chúng ta là bạn, từ rày về sau. (We are friends, from this day forward.)
  • Từ rày, anh đừng đến đây nữa. (Henceforth, you are not to come here again.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in solemn promises, declarations, or resolutions to emphasize a clean break from the past and a commitment to a new future.
• It can be combined with "về sau" (later, afterwards) as "từ rày về sau" to strengthen the meaning of "from now and forever after."

Variants and Related Words

• Từ nay (adverbial phrase): From now on. (A very common synonym with identical meaning and usage.)

  • Từ nay, tôi sẽ cẩn thận hơn. (From now on, I will be more careful.)

• Kể từ đây (adverbial phrase): Starting from here/now. (Slightly more literary.)

  • Kể từ đây, mọi chuyện sẽ khác. (Starting now, everything will be different.)

Synonyms

• From now on: Starting at the present time and continuing.
• Henceforth: From this time onward (formal).
• Hereafter: In the future, after this time.

Related Idioms

• Từ rày sấm sét đằng đông cũng kệ, sấm sét đằng tây cũng mặc: An idiom expressing a new, resolute attitude of indifference to external troubles or gossip from this point forward.
  • Anh ấy nói: "Từ rày sấm sét đằng đông cũng kệ, tôi chỉ lo cho bản thân." (He said: "From now on, I don't care about troubles from any direction; I will only worry about myself.")