Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Vastly distant; extremely far away: Describes a great physical distance, often implying the distance is so large it feels immense or unreachable. It conveys a sense of immense spatial separation.
   • Immeasurably high or deep: Describes an extreme vertical distance, such as a great height or depth.
   • Figuratively distant; remote: Used to describe something abstract that feels far away or difficult to attain, such as a goal, a memory, or a time period.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngọn núi ấy trông thật vời vợi. (That mountain looks immensely distant.)
  • Khoảng cách giữa hai người trở nên vời vợi. (The distance between the two people became vast and remote.)
  • Cô ấy đặt ra một mục tiêu vời vợi. (She set a lofty, seemingly remote goal.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in literary and poetic contexts to evoke strong imagery and emotion related to distance, longing, or aspiration.
• It frequently pairs with words describing landscapes, skies, memories, or feelings to emphasize their scale or unattainability.

Variants and Related Words

• Xa vời (adj): Distant, remote, far-fetched. This is a more common synonym, but "vời vợi" often carries a stronger poetic and emotional connotation of immense, awe-inspiring distance.
  • Giấc mơ đó không hề xa vời. (That dream is not at all far-fetched.)

Synonyms

• Immense: Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
• Limitless: Without end, limit, or boundary.
• Remote: Far away in distance or time.
• Lofty: Of imposing height; or elevated in character, often unrealistically so.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Vời vợi mây xanh: Literally "immensely distant blue clouds," used to describe something extremely far away or a lofty, dreamlike ideal.
  • Hạnh phúc đôi khi cứ như vời vợi mây xanh. (Happiness sometimes seems as distant as the blue clouds.)
• Nỗi nhớ vời vợi: An immense, stretching longing or nostalgia.
  • Anh cảm thấy nỗi nhớ quê hương vời vợi. (He felt an immense longing for his homeland.)