Bedeutung
To create opportunities for others.
Kultureller Hintergrund
In Mongolian culture, 'white roads' (цагаан мөр) symbolize luck and success. 'Opening a road' is often seen as making someone's path 'white' and obstacle-free. The 'Otoo' or scout was the most respected member of a moving caravan because they literally 'opened the road' for the animals and families. Mongolian entrepreneurs often use this phrase to describe 'pioneering' the market against foreign competition. Teachers are often called 'Path-openers' (Зам нээгч) in formal poetry and songs.
Use with 'Өгөх'
Always add 'өж өгөх' (neekh-ij ogokh) to sound more natural and polite when someone else helped you.
Not for Doors
Never use this to ask someone to open a literal door; it sounds like you're asking them to change your destiny.
Bedeutung
To create opportunities for others.
Use with 'Өгөх'
Always add 'өж өгөх' (neekh-ij ogokh) to sound more natural and polite when someone else helped you.
Not for Doors
Never use this to ask someone to open a literal door; it sounds like you're asking them to change your destiny.
Gratitude
This is the highest compliment you can pay a teacher or boss in Mongolia.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the missing word to complete the idiom.
Миний багш надад амжилтын ___ нээж өгсөн.
'Зам нээх' is the correct idiom for creating an opportunity.
Which sentence uses the idiom correctly in a figurative sense?
Select the best sentence:
This sentence correctly uses the idiom to mean 'created an opportunity for business'.
Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the idiom.
A: Та яагаад энэ төслийг эхлүүлсэн бэ? B: Би залуучуудад хөгжих ___ хүссэн юм.
'Зам нээхийг хүссэн' means 'wanted to open a path'.
Match the situation to the meaning of 'Зам нээх'.
Situation: A scientist discovers a new vaccine.
Breakthroughs in science 'open paths' for future research.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Literal vs Figurative
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenМиний багш надад амжилтын ___ нээж өгсөн.
'Зам нээх' is the correct idiom for creating an opportunity.
Select the best sentence:
This sentence correctly uses the idiom to mean 'created an opportunity for business'.
A: Та яагаад энэ төслийг эхлүүлсэн бэ? B: Би залуучуудад хөгжих ___ хүссэн юм.
'Зам нээхийг хүссэн' means 'wanted to open a path'.
Situation: A scientist discovers a new vaccine.
Breakthroughs in science 'open paths' for future research.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenIt is neutral. You can use it with friends or in a formal speech.
Yes, 'Би өөртөө зам нээсэн' (I opened a path for myself) is common for self-made people.
'Зам хаах' (to block the path) is the direct opposite.
No, it works in all tenses, but past tense is most common when thanking someone.
Yes, very frequently for market entry and innovation.
Only if you are the first person clearing a path through snow or wilderness.
'Зам засах' or 'Зам нээх' are both used for this.
Yes, it's one of the top 200 most used idioms in Mongolian.
Not really, it's more about career, education, and life progress.
'Зам нээх' is more poetic and implies a long journey ahead.
Verwandte Redewendungen
Зам гаргах
similarTo make a path
Зам заах
builds onTo show the way
Зам хаах
contrastTo block the road
Шинэ хуудас нээх
similarTo open a new page
Боломж олгох
synonymTo give opportunity
