Definition

1. Noun:
   • The lunar disc / The moon's disc: The visible, circular face or disk of the moon as seen from Earth.
   • The rim of the moon / The moon's rim: The outer edge or circumference of the moon's visible disk.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trên trời, một vành trăng khuyết lơ lửng. (In the sky, a crescent moon disc hung suspended.)
  • Vành trăng tròn và sáng vằng vặc. (The full moon's disc was round and brilliantly bright.)
  • Ánh sáng yếu ớt từ vành trăng mới mọc. (The faint light from the newly risen moon's rim.)

Advanced Usage

• "vành trăng khuyết": a crescent moon disc.

  • Vành trăng khuyết như một lưỡi liềm cong. (The crescent moon disc was like a curved sickle.)

• Poetic/Literary Usage: Often used in poetry and literature to evoke imagery of the moon's shape, beauty, or melancholy.

  • Chiếc thuyền im bến mỏi trở về nằm / Nghe chất muối thấm dần trong thớ vỏ / Nó sắp sửa đi / Vầng trăng cũng sắp tắt / Vành trăng vàng lạnh ngắt như đồng. (The boat, tired, lies still at the wharf returning / Listening to the salt seep slowly into its wooden fibers / It is about to depart / The moon is also about to fade / The moon's disc, cold and gold like copper.) – Excerpt from poetry.

Variants and Related Words

• Vầng trăng (n): a halo or orb of the moon; often used more generally and poetically for the moon itself.

  • Vầng trăng tỏa sáng dịu dàng. (The moon's orb shone gently.)

• Đĩa trăng (n): a less common synonym for the moon's disk.

  • Đĩa trăng tròn vành vạnh. (The moon's disk was perfectly round.)

Synonyms

• Lunar disc: The circular shape of the moon.
• Moon's disk: The visible face of the moon.
• Moon's rim: The outer edge of the moon.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• While not a standalone idiom, "vành trăng" is a key component in many poetic phrases and song lyrics to describe the moon's appearance, often paired with adjectives like (golden), (silver), (crescent), (full), (cold).