vang vọng

Tiếng chuông chùa vang vọng khắp thung lũng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To echo / to resound / to reverberate: To be heard at a distance as a prolonged, often faint, sound that repeats or lingers. It describes a sound that travels and is reflected back, creating an impression of space and distance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tiếng chuông chùa vang vọng khắp thung lũng. (The temple bell echoed throughout the valley.)
  • Lời hứa của anh ấy vẫn còn vang vọng trong tâm trí tôi. (His promise still reverberates in my mind.)
  • Tiếng hát vang vọng từ ngọn núi. (The singing resounded from the mountain.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe not only physical sounds but also abstract things like memories, words, or ideas that persist vividly in one's consciousness as if they were audible.
  • Những lời chỉ trích ấy vang vọng mãi trong giới chính trị. (Those criticisms have continued to echo within political circles.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vang (v): to sound, to ring (loudly and clearly).
  • Tiếng trống vang lên. (The drum sounded.)
• Vọng (v): to be heard from afar; to hope (a homograph with a different meaning).
  • Tiếng gọi vọng lại. (The call was heard from afar.)

Synonyms

• Echo: A sound reflected off a surface.
• Resound: To be filled with sound; to ring or echo.
• Reverberate: To be repeated several times as an echo.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Vang vọng ngàn đời: To echo for eternity; to be remembered forever.
  • Tên tuổi của các anh hùng sẽ vang vọng ngàn đời. (The names of the heroes will resound for eternity.)