chiến hào

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Definition

Noun: - Combat trench, fighting trench: A long, narrow ditch dug into the ground, used by soldiers for shelter from enemy fire and as a position from which to fight. - Figurative use: shared struggle or front: Used metaphorically to describe being united in a common cause or battle.

Usage Examples
  • Noun (Literal):

    • Bộ đội đã đào những đường chiến hào kiên cố. (The soldiers dug solid combat trenches.)
    • Họ ẩn nấp trong chiến hào để tránh đạn pháo. (They hid in the fighting trench to avoid artillery shells.)
  • Noun (Figurative):

    • Chúng tôi đồng chí, cùng chung một chiến hào. (We are comrades, fighting on the same front / united in the same struggle.)
Advanced Usage
  • "cùng chung một chiến hào": An idiom meaning "to be in the same trench together," used to express solidarity, shared goals, and fighting side by side in a common endeavor (literal or figurative).
    • khó khăn, chúng ta vẫn sẽ cùng chung một chiến hào. (Despite the difficulties, we will still stand together in the same trench.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Hào (noun): Trench, ditch (a more general term).
  • Chiến lũy (noun): Rampart, bulwark (a defensive wall).
  • Công sự (noun): Fortification, defensive works.
Synonyms
  • Giao thông hào (noun): Communication trench (a trench connecting other trenches).
  • Hầm trú ẩn (noun): Shelter, bunker.
Related Phrases/Idioms
  • Sống trong chiến hào: To live in the trenches; describes the harsh, frontline experience of soldiers.
    • Những ký ức sống trong chiến hào không bao giờ phai mờ. (The memories of living in the trenches never fade.)
noun
  1. Combat trench, fighting trench
    • đào chiến hào
      to dig combat trenches