vận hội

Vận hội mỉm cười với những ai luôn cố gắng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Fortune, opportunity, favorable turn of events: A period or juncture marked by good luck, success, or a favorable chance for advancement. It implies a convergence of circumstances that creates a significant opening or a stroke of good fortune.
   • Destined opportunity, fateful chance: Often carries a connotation of a major, sometimes predestined, opportunity that arises at a critical point in one's life or in history.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đây chính là vận hội ngàn năm có một để phát triển đất nước. (This is truly a once-in-a-millennium opportunity to develop the country.)
  • Anh ấy đã nắm bắt vận hội và trở nên rất thành công. (He seized the fortunate chance and became very successful.)
  • Vận hội đã mỉm cười với cô ấy. (Fortune has smiled upon her.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal, literary, or historical contexts to describe pivotal moments. It is more profound than the common word "cơ hội" (chance/opportunity), suggesting a larger scale or a more fateful significance.
• It can be used in a negative or neutral sense when modified, e.g., (a turn of bad fortune).

Variants and Related Words

• Vận may (n): luck, good fortune.
  • Cô ấy có vận may trong kinh doanh. (She has good fortune in business.)
• Thời cơ (n): opportune time, favorable moment (more strategic and less fateful than ).
  • Đây là thời cơ tốt để đầu tư. (This is a good time to invest.)
• Cơ hội (n): opportunity, chance (the most common and general term).
  • Tôi có cơ hội đi du học. (I have the opportunity to study abroad.)

Synonyms

• Fortune: A favorable or prosperous outcome.
• Opportune moment: A time especially suitable for something.
• Fateful chance: A decisive opportunity with significant consequences.

Related Idioms

• Gặp vận hội: to encounter a great opportunity.
  • Công ty gặp vận hội khi thị trường mở cửa. (The company encountered a great opportunity when the market opened up.)
• Vận hội hanh thông: smooth and prosperous fortune (a classical phrase).
  • Chúc bạn luôn vận hội hanh thông. (I wish you always smooth and prosperous fortune.)