ưa may
Definition
- Adjective:
- Favored by luck; lucky; fortunate: Describes a person, situation, or outcome that is characterized by good luck or fortune. It implies a beneficial or positive result that seems to come from chance or serendipity.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ta là một người rất ưa may. (He is a very lucky person.)
- Mọi việc diễn ra ưa may hơn chúng tôi dự tính. (Everything turned out more fortunately than we had planned.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used to describe a streak of good fortune or a person who consistently seems to have good things happen to them without apparent effort.
Variants and Related Words
- May mắn (adj): lucky, fortunate. This is a more common and direct synonym.
- Cô ấy cảm thấy rất may mắn. (She feels very lucky.)
Synonyms
- Lucky: Having good luck.
- Fortunate: Favored by fortune; involving good luck.
- Blessed: Endowed with divine favor or good fortune.
Related Idioms
- Ưa may hơn khôn: Literally "prefer luck over intelligence," suggesting that luck is sometimes more valuable than cleverness or planning.
- Trong ván bài đó, ưa may hơn khôn. (In that card game, luck was better than skill.)