Definition

1. Noun:
   • Rescue troops / Relief force: A military unit or group of soldiers specifically dispatched to provide urgent assistance, reinforce a besieged position, or save a situation from defeat. This is a specialized and somewhat rare military term.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chỉ có cứu binh mới có thể giải vây cho đồn lính này. (Only rescue troops can relieve this garrison.)
  • Tướng lệnh cho cứu binh tiến quân thần tốc. (The general ordered the relief force to advance at lightning speed.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in historical or formal military contexts, often describing forces in a defensive or desperate strategic situation.

Variants and Related Words

• Quân cứu viện (n): Reinforcements, relief army. A more common modern term with a similar meaning.

  • Quân cứu viện đã đến kịp thời. (The reinforcements arrived just in time.)

• Giải vây (v): To relieve a siege, to break an encirclement. This is the action performed by cứu binh.

  • Chiến dịch nhằm mục đích giải vây cho thành phố. (The campaign aimed to relieve the city.)

Synonyms

• Relief force: A military body sent to aid or replace other forces.
• Rescue troops: Soldiers tasked with a rescue or relief mission.
• Reinforcements: Additional troops sent to strengthen a military force.

Related Idioms

• Cầu viện binh: To call for/reinforcements. This phrase describes the action of requesting .
  • Thành trì phải cầu viện binh từ kinh đô. (The fortress had to call for reinforcements from the capital.)