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Cô ấy sinh ra dưới ngôi sao hạnh.
彼女は幸運の星の下に生まれた。
Fortune or good luck as a concept or quality.
Số hạnh của cô ấy thật phi thường.
彼女の幸運は並外れていた。
Often used in poetic or literary contexts to describe destiny or fate.
A person's name, derived from the word for 'fortune'.
Tôi có người bạn thân tên là Hạnh.
私は友達にハインという名前の人がいる。
Common in Vietnamese names, especially for females.
Hạnh refers to fortune or luck, while 'hạnh phúc' means happiness. They are related but distinct concepts.
From Sino-Vietnamese 'hạnh' (幸), meaning 'fortune' or 'luck', derived from Classical Chinese 幸 (xìng).
Primarily used in literary or poetic contexts. In modern Vietnamese, 'hạnh phúc' (happiness) is more commonly used.