vị danh

Definition

1. Phrase:
   • For honor; for the sake of reputation: Acting or making decisions primarily to gain, maintain, or enhance one's personal honor, prestige, or social standing.
   • Honorary; titular: Describing a position or title held for prestige rather than for substantive duties or power.

Usage Examples

• Phrase:
  • Ông ấy nhận chức chủ tịch danh dự, hoàn toàn vị danh. (He accepted the honorary chairman position, entirely for prestige.)
  • Hành động đó không vì lợi ích chung, mà chỉ vị danh cá nhân. (That action was not for the common good, but only for personal honor.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in a critical or neutral context to contrast actions taken for personal honor with actions taken for altruistic or practical reasons (e.g., - for the common good).

Variants and Related Words

• Hư danh (n): empty fame, vain glory.
  • Anh ta chỉ theo đuổi hư danh. (He only pursues empty fame.)
• Danh vị (n): rank and position, title and status.
  • Ông ấy có một danh vị cao trong xã hội. (He holds a high rank in society.)

Synonyms

• For prestige: for status, for renown.
• Honorary: titular, ceremonial, in name only.

Related Idioms

• Vị danh vị lợi: for fame and profit; describing actions motivated by a desire for both reputation and material gain.
  • Không nên làm việc vị danh vị lợi. (One should not work just for fame and profit.)
• Chạy theo danh vọng: to chase after fame and glory.
  • Cuộc sống chạy theo danh vọng thường không hạnh phúc. (A life spent chasing after fame is often unhappy.)