vĩnh biệt
Definition
- Verb:
- To bid a final farewell; to part forever: The primary meaning of "vĩnh biệt" is to say goodbye permanently, often with the understanding that one will not meet the other person again, typically due to death or a permanent departure.
- To take one's eternal leave: It conveys a sense of a solemn, final separation.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy đã vĩnh biệt chúng ta vào sáng nay. (He bid us a final farewell this morning.)
- Cô ấy viết một lá thư vĩnh biệt. (She wrote a farewell letter.)
- Họ vĩnh biệt quê hương để sang nước ngoài định cư. (They said a permanent goodbye to their homeland to settle abroad.)
Advanced Usage
- "Lời vĩnh biệt": a farewell speech or final words.
- Lời vĩnh biệt của ông ấy khiến mọi người xúc động. (His farewell words moved everyone.)
Variants and Related Words
- Từ biệt (v): to say goodbye, to take leave (can be temporary or permanent, but less final than "vĩnh biệt").
- Chúng tôi từ biệt nhau ở sân bay. (We said goodbye to each other at the airport.)
Synonyms
- To part forever: to separate with no expectation of meeting again.
- To take one's final leave: to depart for the last time.
Related Idioms
- Vĩnh biệt cõi đời / Vĩnh biệt cuộc sống: to pass away, to depart from life.
- Cụ đã vĩnh biệt cõi đời ở tuổi 95. (The elder departed from life at the age of 95.)