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 là 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).
  • Dù 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