vòi vọi

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely high or towering: Describes something that is immensely tall, lofty, or reaching a great height, often inspiring awe or seeming distant.
   • Immeasurably distant or far-off: Can describe a vast, seemingly infinite distance, especially in time or space.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngọn núi vòi vọi in trên nền trời. (The towering mountain is silhouetted against the sky.)
  • Họ đặt ra một mục tiêu vòi vọi. (They set an immensely lofty goal.)
  • Nhìn về một tương lai vòi vọi. (To look toward a distant, far-off future.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "vòi vọi" is primarily literary and poetic. It is used to evoke a sense of grandeur, immense scale, or unattainable distance. It is not typically used in everyday conversational speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Vọi (adj): Distant, far away. Often used in the compound "vòi vọi" or in poetic contexts like "xa vời vợi" (vastly distant).

Synonyms

• Towering: Of great height.
• Lofty: Very high and impressive.
• Immeasurable: Too vast to be measured.
• Infinite: Limitless or endless in extent.

Related Idioms

• Xa vời vợi: An idiom meaning "infinitely far," describing something that is extremely distant or an idea that is unrealistic and unattainable.
  • Giấc mơ ấy giờ đã xa vời vợi. (That dream is now infinitely far away.)