xa tắp
Definition
- Adjective:
- Very far away / extremely distant: Describes something that is located at a great, often seemingly endless, distance. It emphasizes the vastness of the separation.
- Remote / far-flung: Conveys a sense of being situated in a remote, almost unreachable place.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cánh đồng trải dài xa tắp. (The field stretches out very far away.)
- Ngôi làng nằm ở một nơi xa tắp. (The village is located in a far-flung place.)
- Anh ấy nhìn ra chân trời xa tắp. (He gazed at the extremely distant horizon.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "xa tắp" is often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a poetic sense of immense distance and space. It is more expressive than the simple word "xa" (far).
Variants and Related Words
- Xa (adj): far, distant.
- Nhà tôi ở khá xa. (My house is quite far.)
- Xa xôi (adj): faraway, remote.
- Một vùng đất xa xôi. (A faraway land.)
- Xa lắc xa lơ (adj, idiomatic): extremely far away; a more colloquial and emphatic synonym for "xa tắp".
- Nó đi xa lắc xa lơ rồi. (He has gone extremely far away.)
Synonyms
- Very distant: At a great distance.
- Far-off: Remote in space.
- Remote: Situated far from the main centers of population.
Related Idioms
- While "xa tắp" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is central to descriptive phrases about distance.
- Đường đời xa tắp: The path of life stretches far into the distance (suggesting a long, unknown future).