Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Everlasting, eternal: Describes something that exists outside of time or for all time, having no beginning and no end. Often used in philosophical or religious contexts.
   • Permanent, perpetual: Describes a state or condition that lasts forever from a certain point onward, with no change or end expected.

2. Adverb:

   • Permanently, forever, for good: Used to modify a verb, indicating that an action leads to a state that will last indefinitely or that something has ended never to return.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Họ hứa hẹn một tình yêu vĩnh viễn. (They promised an everlasting love.)
  • Đây là một thiệt hại vĩnh viễn đối với hệ sinh thái. (This is a permanent damage to the ecosystem.)

• Adverb:

  • Cánh cửa cơ hội đó đã đóng lại vĩnh viễn. (That door of opportunity has closed permanently.)
  • Anh ấy đã rời bỏ quê hương vĩnh viễn. (He left his homeland for good.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, literary, or solemn contexts to emphasize the absolute and unending nature of something.
• Can be used in negative constructions to stress the finality of a loss or ending.
  • Kỷ nguyên đó đã vĩnh viễn lùi vào dĩ vãng. (That era has forever receded into the past.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vĩnh cửu (adj): Synonymous with "vĩnh viễn," meaning eternal, everlasting.
  • Một chân lý vĩnh cửu. (An eternal truth.)
• Vĩnh hằng (adj): Eternal, perpetual, often with a poetic or philosophical tone.
  • Sự vĩnh hằng của vũ trụ. (The eternity of the universe.)

Synonyms

• Eternal: Lasting or existing forever.
• Perpetual: Never ending or changing.
• Permanent: Lasting or intended to last indefinitely without change.
• Forever: For all future time; for always.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Vĩnh viễn ra đi: To pass away forever; to die.
  • Người nghệ sĩ tài hoa ấy đã vĩnh viễn ra đi. (That talented artist has passed away forever.)
• Mãi mãi (vĩnh viễn): Forever and ever; often used together for emphasis.
  • Chúng tôi sẽ nhớ ơn anh mãi mãi vĩnh viễn. (We will be grateful to you forever and ever.)

adj

1. everlasting, eternal