Definition

1. Noun Phrase:
   • Crescent moon / waning moon: "Vầng trăng khuyết" refers to the moon when it is not full, specifically a partially illuminated crescent shape, often associated with the waning phase. The word "vầng" denotes a round, glowing object (like the moon or sun), and "khuyết" means "defective" or "incomplete," together literally meaning "an incomplete disk of the moon."

Usage Examples

• Noun Phrase:
  • Vầng trăng khuyết xuất hiện trên bầu trời đêm. (The crescent moon appeared in the night sky.)
  • Cô ấy thích ngắm vầng trăng khuyết hơn trăng tròn. (She prefers looking at the waning moon over the full moon.)

Advanced Usage

• "vầng trăng khuyết" is often used in poetry and literature as a metaphor for something incomplete, lost, or imperfect, such as unfulfilled love, separation, or melancholy.
  • Bài thơ nói về nỗi buồn của vầng trăng khuyết. (The poem speaks of the sadness of the crescent moon.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trăng khuyết (n): a more common, less poetic term for a crescent or waning moon.

  • Trăng khuyết chỉ còn một phần nhỏ sáng. (The waning moon has only a small lit part left.)

• Trăng tròn (n): full moon.

  • Trăng tròn soi sáng cả cánh đồng. (The full moon illuminated the entire field.)

Synonyms

• Crescent moon: the curved shape of the moon when it is less than half full.
• Waning moon: the moon as it decreases in illumination after the full moon.
• Half-moon: the moon when exactly half of its face is lit.

Related Idioms

• Trăng khuyết rồi lại tròn: "A waning moon will become full again" — a proverb meaning that difficult times will pass and happiness will return.

  • Đừng buồn, trăng khuyết rồi lại tròn thôi. (Don't be sad, the waning moon will become full again.)

• Vầng trăng khuyết trong lòng: "A crescent moon in the heart" — a poetic idiom describing a lingering sadness or incomplete love.

  • Anh mang vầng trăng khuyết trong lòng suốt nhiều năm. (He carried a crescent moon in his heart for many years.)