Definition

1. Noun (Danh từ):
   • Military service (nghĩa cũ): An old term referring to the obligation of citizens to serve in the military or to perform corvée labor for the state.
   • Conscription; levy: The system or act of compulsory enlistment into the armed forces.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Dưới thời phong kiến, binh dịch là một nghĩa vụ nặng nề của người dân. (In feudal times, binh dịch was a heavy obligation for the people.)
  • Chế độ binh dịch thời xưa thường kéo dài nhiều năm. (The binh dịch system in ancient times often lasted for many years.)

Advanced Usage

• "trốn binh dịch": to evade military service/conscription.
  • Nhiều thanh niên thời đó tìm cách trốn binh dịch. (Many young men at that time tried to evade binh dịch.)
• "chế độ binh dịch": the conscription system.
  • Chế độ binh dịch cũ đã được bãi bỏ. (The old binh dịch system has been abolished.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lính (n): Soldier. (A person who serves in an army, which is the result of ).
• Nghĩa vụ quân sự (n): Modern term for military service/conscription. (This is the contemporary equivalent of ).

Synonyms

• Nghĩa vụ quân sự: Military service (modern term).
• Quân dịch: Military service (another somewhat dated term, but more formal than ).

Related Phrases

(Note: As an archaic noun, *binh dịch itself does not form phrasal verbs. Related phrases are fixed historical terms.)* - Đi binh dịch: To go perform military service/to be conscripted. - Ông nội tôi ngày xưa đã phải đi binh dịch. (My grandfather had to go perform binh dịch in the old days.)

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms centered solely on the word *binh dịch. Its usage is primarily historical and administrative.)*

1. (từ cũ, nghĩa cũ) Military service