Definition

1. Verb:
   • To raise troops; to mobilize an army: The act of gathering and assembling soldiers or military forces for a specific purpose, such as defense or an expedition. This is an older, literary term in Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua quyết định cất binh để bảo vệ biên cương. (The king decided to raise troops to protect the border.)
  • Trong lịch sử, các lãnh chúa thường cất binh chống lại triều đình. (In history, lords often raised troops against the court.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily found in historical or literary contexts, describing military actions in feudal or pre-modern times. It is not used for contemporary military mobilizations.

Variants and Related Words

• Cất quân: A near-synonymous phrase also meaning to mobilize troops.
  • Tướng lĩnh cất quân tiến về phía nam. (The general mobilized troops to march southward.)

Synonyms

• Tuyển binh: To recruit soldiers.
• Động binh: To move troops (often implying deployment or movement of already assembled forces).

Related Phrases

• Cất binh đánh giặc: To raise troops to fight the enemy.
  • Cả nước đồng lòng cất binh đánh giặc. (The whole country united to raise troops to fight the enemy.)

1. To raise troops