y cựu

Y cựu, phong cảnh làng quê vẫn giản dị và thanh bình.

Definition

1. Adjective (Archaic):
   • As before / as of old / unchanged: Describes something that remains in its former state, without alteration or modernization. It emphasizes continuity with the past.
   • Former / old-time: Pertaining to a previous, often bygone, era or condition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Phong tục trong làng vẫn y cựu. (The village's customs remain as of old.)
  • Họ sống trong một ngôi nhà y cựu. (They live in an old-time house.)
  • Tư tưởng của ông ấy rất y cựu. (His thinking is very unchanged / old-fashioned.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is primarily used in literary, historical, or formal contexts to evoke a sense of tradition or antiquity. It is not common in modern everyday speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Cổ hủ (adj): Obsolete, antiquated, rigidly old-fashioned (often with a negative connotation).

  • Lối suy nghĩ cổ hủ. (An antiquated way of thinking.)

• Nguyên trạng (n): Original state, status quo.

  • Giữ nguyên trạng của hiện trường. (Keep the scene in its original state.)

Synonyms

• As before: In the same way as previously.
• Unchanged: Not altered or modified.
• Old-time: Belonging to or characteristic of a past era.
• Traditional: Following long-established customs.

Related Idioms

• Y nguyên: Intact, exactly as it was (more common in modern usage).

  • Mọi thứ vẫn y nguyên. (Everything remains intact.)

• Cựu trào (archaic): Old regime, former dynasty.

  • Những quan lại của cựu trào. (The mandarins of the old regime.)