Definition

1. Adjective:
   • As desired / As wished: Describes a state or outcome that perfectly matches one's original hopes, intentions, or prayers. It implies fulfillment and satisfaction.
   • According to one's will: Indicates that something has happened or been carried out in exact accordance with a person's expressed or heartfelt desire.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mọi việc diễn ra y nguyện. (Everything happened as desired.)
  • Cô ấy đã có một cuộc sống y nguyện. (She has had a life as she wished.)
  • Kết quả thi đậu khiến cậu ấy vui sướng vì mọi thứ đều y nguyện. (Passing the exam made him overjoyed because everything went according to his wish.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is formal and literary, often used in written contexts or solemn speech to describe a deeply fulfilled wish, sometimes with a spiritual or profound connotation.
• It can describe both major life outcomes and specific situational results.

Variants and Related Words

• Ước nguyện (n): a wish, an aspiration.
  • Ước nguyện của anh ấy là trở thành bác sĩ. (His aspiration is to become a doctor.)
• Tâm nguyện (n): a heartfelt wish or vow, often sincere and profound.
  • Tâm nguyện cuối đời của ông là được về quê. (His final heartfelt wish was to return to his homeland.)

Synonyms

• As hoped: Corresponding to one's hopes.
• As intended: Matching one's original intention.
• Fulfilled: Satisfied or achieved completely.

Related Idioms

• Được như ý nguyện: to get one's wish; to have one's desire fulfilled.
  • Cuối cùng cô ấy cũng được như ý nguyện. (Finally, she got her wish.)
• Toại nguyện: to be satisfied; to have one's wishes gratified. (This is a close synonym, often used interchangeably with "y nguyện").
  • Sau nhiều năm nỗ lực, ước mơ của ông đã toại nguyện. (After many years of effort, his dream was gratified.)