Definition

Noun: - Cruel landlord, village tyrant: A person, typically a landlord or local notable, who uses their power and position in a village or rural area to oppress and exploit others cruelly. This term often carries historical and literary connotations.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong nhiều câu chuyện cổ tích, nhân vật ác bá thường bị trừng trị. (In many folk tales, the cruel landlord character is often punished.)
  • Người nông dân nghèo phải chịu đựng sự bóc lột của tên ác bá. (The poor peasant had to endure the exploitation of the village tyrant.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is now primarily used in a historical, literary, or figurative context to describe a powerful local figure who is unjust and oppressive.
  • Bộ phim lấy bối cảnh xã hội phong kiến với những tên ác bá tham lam. (The film is set in feudal society with greedy cruel landlords.)

Variants and Related Words

• Địa chủ (noun): Landlord. A more neutral term for a landowner, without the inherent connotation of cruelty.
• Cường hào (noun): Local tyrant/despot. A similar term for a powerful, oppressive local figure, often used alongside .

Synonyms

• Bạo chúa địa phương: Local despot.
• Kẻ bóc lột tàn ác: Cruel exploiter.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not commonly part of a fixed idiom, it frequently appears in descriptive phrases like:
  • ác bá cường hào: A set phrase meaning "cruel landlords and local tyrants," used to describe the oppressive ruling class in old rural society.

noun

1. Cruel landlord, village tyrant