đề huề
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Definition
Adjective:
- Harmonious, united, in concord: Describes a state of living together in peace, agreement, and mutual affection, often within a family or community.
- Going together hand in hand, side by side: Describes the action of walking together in a close, supportive, and unified manner.
Adverb:
- Together, in unison: Used to describe an action performed jointly and harmoniously by a group.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Gia đình họ sống rất đề huề. (Their family lives in great harmony.)
- Hai người bạn đi đề huề trên con đường làng. (The two friends walked side by side on the village road.)
Adverb:
- Cả nhà đề huề ra sân đón Tết. (The whole family went out to the yard together to welcome Tet.)
Advanced Usage
"đề huề sum họp": To gather together harmoniously (often for a happy occasion like a reunion).
- Dịp Tết, gia đình tôi lại đề huề sum họp. (During Tet, my family gathers together harmoniously for a reunion.)
"con cháu đề huề": To have a large, harmonious family with many children and grandchildren.
- Cụ bà ấy nay đã con cháu đề huề. (That elderly lady now has a large, harmonious family of children and grandchildren.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đoàn tụ (v): To reunite. (Focuses on the act of coming together again.)
- Hòa thuận (adj): Harmonious, amicable. (A more common synonym for a peaceful relationship.)
- Quây quần (v): To gather around, to cluster together. (Emphasizes the physical act of gathering closely.)
Synonyms
- Hòa hợp: To be in harmony, compatible.
- Đầm ấm: Warm and cozy (often describing family atmosphere).
- Chung sống hòa bình: To live together in peace.
Related Phrases
Sống đề huề: To live in harmony.
- Hai gia đình láng giềng sống rất đề huề với nhau. (The two neighboring families live in great harmony with each other.)
Đi đề huề: To go/walk together (in a close, unified way).
- Lũ trẻ đi đề huề đến trường. (The children walked together to school.)
Related Idioms
- "Trên kính dưới nhường": (Literally: Those above are respectful, those below are yielding.) This idiom describes the ideal harmonious and respectful relationships within a family, which is the essence of a state described as đề huề.
- Nhờ có tình cảm trên kính dưới nhường mà gia đình họ lúc nào cũng đề huề. (Thanks to their respectful and yielding affection, their family is always harmonious.)
- Go in crowds
- Con cháu đề huềTo have crowds of children and grandchildren
- (cũ) Be in harmony