Definition

Noun: * Great duty (toward the nation, society, etc.); great cause: A profound moral or ethical obligation, often of a public or patriotic nature, involving significant responsibility and commitment to a noble purpose.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy luôn tâm niệm việc phụng sự đất nước là một đãi nghĩa. (He always holds the belief that serving the country is a great duty.)
  • Tham gia bảo vệ môi trường là một đãi nghĩa của thế hệ trẻ. (Participating in environmental protection is a great cause for the younger generation.)

Advanced Usage

• "Làm tròn đãi nghĩa": to fulfill one's great duty; to accomplish a noble mission.
  • Người lính quyết tâm làm tròn đãi nghĩa với Tổ quốc. (The soldier is determined to fulfill his great duty to the Fatherland.)
• "Đãi nghĩa vụ": This is a more modern or bureaucratic variant, emphasizing a formal, obligatory duty.
  • Đóng thuế đầy đủ là đãi nghĩa vụ của mỗi công dân. (Paying taxes fully is the great duty of every citizen.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghĩa vụ (n): Duty, obligation. (A more common and general term for duty).
• Trách nhiệm (n): Responsibility. (Focuses on accountability).
• Sứ mệnh (n): Mission. (Often implies a destined or assigned important task).
• Đại nghĩa (n): Great righteousness; paramount moral principle. (A closely related classical term focusing on the righteous principle itself, while focuses on the duty stemming from it).

Synonyms

• Trọng trách: Heavy responsibility.
• Bổn phận cao cả: Noble duty/obligation.
• Sự nghiệp lớn: Great undertaking/cause.

Notes on Meaning

• Classical Connotation: The word đãi nghĩa carries a classical, literary, and solemn tone. It is often used in formal, patriotic, or philosophical contexts related to one's duty to the nation, community, or a grand ideal.
• Scale and Gravity: It implies a duty of significant scale and moral gravity, not a minor or personal task. It is less commonly used in everyday conversation than its synonym .

1. Great duty (toward the nation,societỵ..); great cause