Definition

1. Adjective phrase:
   • To be well-matched in marriage; to make a good/beautiful marital match: Refers specifically to a couple who are considered a good match for marriage, often implying harmony, compatibility, and auspiciousness for a conjugal union. It describes the state or quality of a couple's destined relationship being favorable and beautiful.

Usage Examples

• Adjective phrase:
  • Hai anh chị ấy thật sự đẹp duyên. (Those two are truly a well-matched couple.)
  • Cô ấy mong muốn tìm được một người đẹp duyên để kết hôn. (She hopes to find someone who is a good match for marriage.)
  • Gia đình hai bên đều vui mừng vì thấy con cái đẹp duyên. (Both families are happy to see their children make such a good match.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đẹp duyên đẹp số": A common four-word idiom meaning "to be well-matched in both destiny and fate," emphasizing a deep, fated compatibility.

  • Họ không chỉ yêu nhau mà còn đẹp duyên đẹp số, ai cũng ngưỡng mộ. (They are not only in love but are also a match made in heaven; everyone admires them.)

• "Làm đẹp duyên": A verb phrase meaning "to make/arrange a good match" or "to become a well-matched couple."

  • Ông bà mai đã làm đẹp duyên cho đôi trẻ. (The matchmakers made a good match for the young couple.)

Variants and Related Words

• Duyên phận / Duyên số (n): Fate, destiny, especially in the context of love and marriage.

  • Họ gặp nhau là do duyên số. (They met each other due to fate.)

• Lương duyên (n): A literary term for a good/beautiful marital match.

  • Hôn lễ của họ được chúc phúc là một lương duyên. (Their wedding was blessed as a beautiful union.)

• Đẹp đôi (adj phrase): To be a good-looking or well-suited pair (can be used more broadly than just for marriage).

  • Hai bạn ấy mặc đồ đồng điệu, trông rất đẹp đôi. (Those two are wearing matching clothes and look like a great pair.)

Synonyms

• Hợp duyên (v/phrase): To be compatible in marriage, to match well in terms of destiny.
• Xứng đôi (adj phrase): To be a well-suited pair, to be well-matched.

Related Idioms

• "Duyên ưa phận đẹp": Similar to "đẹp duyên đẹp số," meaning having favorable romantic fate and beautiful destiny.

  • Cầu chúc cho các con duyên ưa phận đẹp. (We wish you a harmonious and blessed marriage.)

• "Trai tài gái sắc": Literally "talented man, beautiful woman," often used to describe a couple who are both outstanding and thus make a visually/socially perfect match.

  • Đám cưới tập trung toàn những cặp trai tài gái sắc. (The wedding gathered many couples of talented men and beautiful women.)

1. Make a match of
   • Hai anh chị đã đẹp duyên
     The lag and the lass have made a match of it