định mạng
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Definition
- Noun:
- Destiny; predestination: The concept that all events are predetermined and inevitable, often by a divine power or fate. It implies a fixed, unchangeable course for a person's life or for events.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ấy tin rằng mọi thứ đều do định mạng. (He believes everything is due to destiny.)
- Số phận của họ dường như đã được định mạng từ trước. (Their fate seemed to have been predestined.)
- Cô ấy không chống lại định mạng. (She does not fight against predestination.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in philosophical, religious, or literary contexts to discuss fatalism and the lack of free will.
- It can carry a slightly more formal or classical tone compared to the more common word "số phận" (fate).
Variants and Related Words
- Định mệnh (n): This is a more common variant with the same meaning of destiny or fate.
- Định mệnh đã đưa đẩy họ đến với nhau. (Destiny brought them together.)
Synonyms
- Destiny: The predetermined course of events.
- Predestination: The doctrine that all events have been willed by God, especially concerning the salvation of souls.
- Fate: The development of events beyond a person's control, determined by a supernatural power.
Related Idioms
- Đã là định mạng: It is meant to be; it is fate.
- Chúng ta gặp nhau, đó đã là định mạng. (We met, it was meant to be.)
- Số trời đã định: A similar idiom meaning "heaven's will is decreed," emphasizing inevitability.
- Số trời đã định, khó mà tránh được. (It is heaven's decree, hard to avoid.)
noun
- restiny; predestination