xa vắng

Một con đường mòn xa vắng chạy qua một thung lũng hoang vu.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Distant and deserted: Describing a place that is both far away and empty of people, creating a feeling of isolation and solitude.
   • Long-absent: Describing a state of being away for a very long time, often implying a sense of loss or emptiness felt due to that absence.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy sống ở một vùng quê xa vắng. (He lives in a distant and deserted rural area.)
  • Căn nhà trông thật xa vắng khi cả gia đình đi vắng. (The house looks so empty and lonely when the whole family is away.)
  • Tâm trí cô ấy xa vắng, như đang nghĩ về điều gì khác. (Her mind was far away, as if thinking of something else.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a poetic or emotional connotation, emphasizing not just physical distance but also a resulting emotional emptiness or melancholy.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe a state of mind that is detached, preoccupied, or lost in thought, far from the present moment.

Variants and Related Words

• Xa xôi (adj): remote, far-off (focuses more on distance than on emptiness).
  • Họ đến từ một vùng đất xa xôi. (They come from a far-off land.)
• Vắng vẻ (adj): quiet, deserted, lacking people (focuses more on emptiness than on distance).
  • Con đường vào buổi tối rất vắng vẻ. (The street is very quiet at night.)

Synonyms

• Remote and deserted: Isolated, secluded.
• Long-absent: Gone, away.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Xa vắng âm tín: To be absent without any news or contact.
  • Người con trai đi xa vắng âm tín đã mười năm. (The son has been gone without a word for ten years.)
• Nơi xa vắng: A distant and lonely place.
  • Họ lạc vào một nơi xa vắng không một bóng người. (They got lost in a distant, deserted place without a soul in sight.)