Definitions

1. Verb:
   • To banish, to exile: To force someone to leave a place, especially as an official punishment. This term often carries a formal or administrative connotation.
   • To place under house arrest or in a designated residence: To confine someone to a specific location, often for political reasons, without a formal prison sentence.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính quyền cũ đã quyết định an trí những nhà bất đồng chính kiến. (The old regime decided to exile the political dissidents.)
  • Ông ấy bị an trí tại một vùng quê hẻo lánh suốt mười năm. (He was banished to a remote rural area for ten years.)
  • Họ bị an trí chứ không bị tống giam. (They were placed under restrictive residence rather than imprisoned.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị đưa đi an trí": to be sent into exile.
  • Sau cuộc đảo chính, nhiều sĩ quan đã bị đưa đi an trí. (After the coup, many officers were sent into exile.)
• "lệnh an trí": an order of banishment/administrative residence order.
  • Lệnh an trí được ban hành mà không cần xét xử. (The administrative residence order was issued without a trial.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lưu đày (verb): To exile, to banish. (A close synonym, often used interchangeably).
• Trục xuất (verb): To deport, to expel. (Specifically refers to forcing someone to leave a country).
• Quản thúc (verb): To put under house arrest. (Focuses on confinement and surveillance).

Synonyms

• Đày ải: to send into exile (often implies hardship).
• Cách ly (trong bối cảnh chính trị): to isolate (in a political context).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Nơi an trí: place of exile; designated residence area.
  • Ngôi làng nhỏ trở thành nơi an trí của ông ta. (The small village became his place of exile.)
• Chính sách an trí: policy of administrative exile/residence.
  • Chính sách an trí được áp dụng rộng rãi trong thời kỳ đó. (The policy of administrative exile was widely applied during that period.)

Notes on Usage

• The term "an trí" is strongly associated with historical or political contexts, particularly in Vietnamese history, where it was used as a measure against political opponents.
• It implies a forced removal or confinement mandated by an authority, distinct from voluntary relocation or travel.
• In contemporary legal language, equivalent terms might include "administrative detention" or "forced residence," though the historical and cultural connotations of "an trí" remain specific.

verb

1. To banish, to exile