binh hỏa

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Thời binh hỏa, dân chúng phải lánh nạn khắp nơi.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • War, warfare: "binh hỏa" refers to the state of armed conflict between nations or groups, characterized by the use of soldiers ("binh") and fire/weapons ("hỏa").
   • The calamities of war: The term often carries a literary connotation, emphasizing the destructive and tragic aspects of war, such as chaos, fire, and suffering.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thời binh hỏa, nhiều gia đình phải ly tán. (During the war, many families were separated.)
  • Những câu chuyện về thời binh hỏa vẫn còn ám ảnh ông. (Stories from the time of warfare still haunt him.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in a literary, historical, or formal context to evoke the imagery and devastation of war. It is not used in modern, everyday conversation about contemporary conflicts.
• It often appears in written works like poetry, historical narratives, or classical literature to describe periods of turmoil.

Variants and Related Words

• Binh lửa (n): A direct synonym with identical meaning (war, the flames of war). This is the more common variant of the same term.
• Chiến tranh (n): The standard, modern Vietnamese word for "war."
• Hỏa tuyến (n): Battlefront, fire line.
• Binh đao (n) (literary): Weapons of war; war.

Synonyms

• Chiến tranh: War.
• Loạn lạc: Strife, turmoil.
• Tai ương của chiến tranh: The calamities of war.

Related Idioms

• Lửa binh đao: The fire of weapons; war. (A similar literary phrase emphasizing destruction.)
• Cơ cực thời binh hỏa: The hardships of wartime.

Học thuật

1. (từ cũ, nghĩa cũ, văn chương) như binh lửa