chiến khu
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Definition
Noun: 1. War zone; combat zone: An area where active military operations are taking place. 2. Resistance base; revolutionary base area: A strategically important area, often remote or difficult to access, used as a headquarters and operational center for a resistance or revolutionary force during a war. This meaning is particularly significant in the context of Vietnam's wars of resistance.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bộ đội đã hành quân vào chiến khu. (The troops marched into the war zone.)
- Việt Bắc từng là chiến khu quan trọng trong kháng chiến chống Pháp. (Viet Bac was an important resistance base during the war against the French.)
- Các chiến khu cách mạng thường được thiết lập ở vùng rừng núi hiểm trở. (Revolutionary base areas were often established in remote and rugged mountainous regions.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "chiến khu" carries strong historical and political connotations in Vietnamese, evoking the image of organized resistance and revolutionary struggle. It implies not just a place of fighting, but a secured area for planning, training, and sustaining a prolonged conflict.
- In historical texts, it is often used with modifiers to specify a particular base, e.g., (War Zone D), .
Variants and Related Words
- Căn cứ địa (n): Base area; stronghold. This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with the second meaning of "chiến khu," but can imply a larger or more permanent establishment.
- Vùng chiến sự (n): Combat area; theatre of war. A more neutral term focusing on the area of military operations.
- Khu kháng chiến (n): Resistance zone. A term specifically highlighting the resistance aspect.
Synonyms
- Vùng chiến tranh: War zone.
- Căn cứ kháng chiến: Resistance base.
- Khu căn cứ: Base zone.
Related Phrases / Compound Words
- Chiến khu cách mạng: Revolutionary base area.
- Chiến khu kháng chiến: Resistance war base.
- Xây dựng chiến khu: To build/establish a base area.
Related Idioms
- Trở về chiến khu: To return to the base area. This can be used literally or figuratively to mean returning to one's roots or core area of strength and operation.
- Sau nhiều năm hoạt động, ông ấy đã trở về chiến khu cũ. (After many years of activity, he returned to his old base area.)
noun
- Strategic war theatre
- Base
- chiến khu Việt BắcThe Northernmost Vietnam base