vấn vương
Definition
- Verb:
- To linger (in the mind/heart): To remain persistently in one's thoughts or emotions, often associated with a nostalgic, melancholic, or unresolved attachment to a person, memory, or feeling.
- To be entangled/ensnared: To be caught up in or preoccupied with something, typically a complex or burdensome emotional state, such as love or debt.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Trong lòng cô ấy vẫn còn vấn vương hình bóng người cũ. (In her heart, the image of her old love still lingers.)
- Câu chuyện ấy khiến tôi vấn vương suốt mấy ngày. (That story lingered in my mind for days.)
- Anh ấy vấn vương món nợ tình cảm chưa trả được. (He is entangled in an emotional debt he cannot repay.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often describes a subtle, haunting feeling that is difficult to shake off. It is commonly used in poetic, literary, and emotional contexts rather than for physical entanglements.
Variants and Related Words
- Vương vấn (v): A variant with the same meaning and usage as "vấn vương," also meaning to linger or be preoccupied with.
Synonyms
- To linger: To remain present, though gradually fading.
- To haunt: To persistently and disturbingly occupy the mind.
- To be preoccupied: To be absorbed in thought about something.
- To be entangled: To be involved in a complicated situation.
Related Idioms
- Vấn vương nợ tình: To be entangled in a debt of love; to be emotionally beholden or attached in an unresolved way.
- Sau cuộc tình tan vỡ, anh ấy vẫn vấn vương nợ tình với cô. (After the broken relationship, he still lingers with a debt of love toward her.)