Definition

1. Noun (Danh từ): - Diplomatic persuasion through travel: The historical activity of traveling to different countries to conduct diplomacy and persuade foreign governments, especially to form alliances or agreements. This term often refers to the role of special envoys or roving ambassadors. - An instance of such persuasion: A specific mission or act of diplomatic persuasion carried out through travel.

2. Verb (Động từ - cổ, ít dùng): - To engage in diplomatic persuasion through travel: To travel to various places, particularly other countries, with the purpose of conducting negotiations and persuading leaders or governments.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Nhà vua cử một vị quan đi du thuyết các nước láng giềng. (The king sent an official on a diplomatic mission to persuade neighboring countries.)
  • Công việc du thuyết đòi hỏi kỹ năng ngoại giao tinh tế. (The work of diplomatic persuasion requires refined diplomatic skills.)

• Verb:

  • Vị sứ giả đã du thuyết khắp vùng để thành lập liên minh. (The envoy traveled throughout the region to persuade [others] to form an alliance.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is considered archaic (cổ) or literary in modern Vietnamese. It is primarily encountered in historical texts or discussions about classical diplomacy.
• It implies a formal, state-sanctioned mission rather than casual travel or personal persuasion.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhà du thuyết (n): An itinerant diplomat; a roving ambassador or envoy specializing in persuasive diplomacy.
• Du thuyết gia (n): A less common variant with a similar meaning to "nhà du thuyết."
• Vận động ngoại giao (n): Modern term for diplomatic lobbying or persuasion.
• Sứ giả (n): Envoy, emissary (a more general term for a diplomatic messenger).

Synonyms

• Vận động (ngoại giao): To lobby (diplomatically).
• Thuyết phục (ngoại giao): To persuade (in a diplomatic context).
• Điều đình: To negotiate, to parley.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Đi du thuyết: To go on a diplomatic persuasion mission (a phrase directly using the verb form).
• Thực hiện sứ mệnh du thuyết: To carry out a mission of diplomatic persuasion.

1. (cũ) Be an ambassabor at large, trying to persuade other coutries into some alliances