xoay vần
Definition
- Verb:
- To rotate / to revolve in cycles: Describes a continuous, often repetitive, circular or cyclical motion or change. It implies a turning or shifting that returns to a starting point or follows a predictable pattern.
- To alternate / to change in succession: Refers to situations, circumstances, or roles changing from one state to another in a sequential, often inevitable, order.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Bốn mùa trong năm xoay vần. (The four seasons of the year revolve in cycles.)
- Vận may và vận rủi xoay vần không ngừng. (Good luck and bad luck alternate incessantly.)
- Quyền lực chính trị có thể xoay vần. (Political power can rotate.)
Advanced Usage
- "xoay vần của tạo hóa": the cyclical turn of fate/nature.
- Con người nhỏ bé trước cái xoay vần của tạo hóa. (Humans are insignificant before the cyclical turn of fate.)
Variants and Related Words
Xoay (v): to turn, to rotate, to spin (a single, often physical, turning action).
- Anh ấy xoay chiếc bàn. (He turned the table.)
Luân phiên (v): to take turns, to alternate (often by plan or agreement).
- Họ luân phiên trực đêm. (They take turns on night duty.)
Synonyms
- Rotate: to turn around a central point.
- Alternate: to occur or follow in turns repeatedly.
- Cycle: to occur in or pass through a cycle.
Related Idioms
Xoay vần như cái máy: to work or operate like a machine, implying repetitive, monotonous cycles.
- Công việc nhàm chán, ngày nào cũng xoay vần như cái máy. (The job is boring, every day it's the same repetitive cycle like a machine.)
Sự đời xoay vần: the vicissitudes of life; the idea that life's circumstances are constantly and cyclically changing.
- Anh phải chấp nhận sự đời xoay vần. (You have to accept the vicissitudes of life.)