vời vợi
Definition
- Adjective:
- Vastly distant; extremely far away: Describes a great physical distance, often implying the distance is so large it feels immense or unreachable. It conveys a sense of immense spatial separation.
- Immeasurably high or deep: Describes an extreme vertical distance, such as a great height or depth.
- Figuratively distant; remote: Used to describe something abstract that feels far away or difficult to attain, such as a goal, a memory, or a time period.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ngọn núi ấy trông thật vời vợi. (That mountain looks immensely distant.)
- Khoảng cách giữa hai người trở nên vời vợi. (The distance between the two people became vast and remote.)
- Cô ấy đặt ra một mục tiêu vời vợi. (She set a lofty, seemingly remote goal.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in literary and poetic contexts to evoke strong imagery and emotion related to distance, longing, or aspiration.
- It frequently pairs with words describing landscapes, skies, memories, or feelings to emphasize their scale or unattainability.
Variants and Related Words
- Xa vời (adj): Distant, remote, far-fetched. This is a more common synonym, but "vời vợi" often carries a stronger poetic and emotional connotation of immense, awe-inspiring distance.
- Giấc mơ đó không hề xa vời. (That dream is not at all far-fetched.)
Synonyms
- Immense: Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
- Limitless: Without end, limit, or boundary.
- Remote: Far away in distance or time.
- Lofty: Of imposing height; or elevated in character, often unrealistically so.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Vời vợi mây xanh: Literally "immensely distant blue clouds," used to describe something extremely far away or a lofty, dreamlike ideal.
- Hạnh phúc đôi khi cứ như vời vợi mây xanh. (Happiness sometimes seems as distant as the blue clouds.)
- Nỗi nhớ vời vợi: An immense, stretching longing or nostalgia.
- Anh cảm thấy nỗi nhớ quê hương vời vợi. (He felt an immense longing for his homeland.)