yểu tử

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A person who dies young: Refers specifically to an individual whose life ends at a young age, often implying an untimely or premature death.
   • Premature death: The event or fact of dying young.

2. Adjective (Attributive):

   • Describing a premature death: Used to characterize a death that occurs at a young age.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Trong câu chuyện, nàng tiên cá là một yểu tử. (In the story, the mermaid was one who died young.)
  • Số phận của chàng họa sĩ tài ba ấy là một yểu tử. (The fate of that talented painter was a premature death.)

• Adjective (Attributive):

  • Đó là một cái chết yểu tử đầy thương tâm. (That was a tragic, premature death.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is literary and carries a solemn, often tragic or poetic connotation. It is more common in written Vietnamese, literature, or formal discourse than in everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Yểu mệnh (adj/n): Having a short life span; fate of dying young. Often used interchangeably with .
  • Một số nhân vật trong lịch sử được biết đến với số phận yểu mệnh. (Some historical figures are known for their fate of dying young.)

Synonyms

• Die young: To pass away at an early age.
• Premature death: Death occurring before the expected or typical age.

Related Idioms

• Hồng nhan bạc mệnh / Hồng nhan yểu tử: A poetic idiom describing a beautiful woman who meets an early death, linking beauty with tragic fate.
  • Câu chuyện cổ tích thường có mô típ hồng nhan yểu tử. (Fairy tales often feature the motif of a beauty dying young.)