tự cường
Definition
Noun:
- Self-strengthening: The act or process of making oneself strong, capable, or powerful through one's own efforts and will.
- Self-reliance: The quality of depending on one's own powers and resources rather than those of others.
Adjective (Attributive):
- Self-strengthening: Used to describe a philosophy, movement, or effort focused on building one's own strength and independence.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Tinh thần tự cường là chìa khóa để phát triển. (The spirit of self-strengthening is the key to development.)
- Dân tộc đó nổi tiếng với ý chí tự cường. (That nation is famous for its will of self-reliance.)
Adjective:
- Họ theo đuổi một chính sách tự cường. (They pursue a self-strengthening policy.)
Advanced Usage
- "tự lực tự cường": self-reliance and self-strengthening; to be self-sufficient and self-empowered.
- Công ty phát triển nhờ tinh thần tự lực tự cường. (The company developed thanks to the spirit of self-reliance and self-strengthening.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tự lực (adj, n): self-reliant; self-reliance. Focuses on using one's own strength.
- Tự chủ (adj, n): autonomous; self-mastery. Focuses on independence and self-control.
- Cường quốc (n): a powerful nation. Shares the root "cường" (strong, powerful).
Synonyms
- Self-empowerment: The process of gaining strength and confidence.
- Autarky: Economic independence or self-sufficiency (a more specific, advanced synonym).
Related Idioms
- "Tay làm hàm nhai, tay quai miệng trễ": Literally "Hands work, jaws chew; hands stop, mouth is late." This Vietnamese folk saying emphasizes the principle of self-reliance, closely related to the concept of .