gông
Definition
- Noun:
- Stocks; Cangue: A historical punishment device, typically made of wood or bamboo, consisting of a heavy board with holes. It was locked around a prisoner's neck and sometimes their hands, causing discomfort and public humiliation.
- Slavery; Servitude (figurative): A state of extreme oppression, hardship, or bondage, often used metaphorically to describe a burdensome situation or a life of hard labor without freedom.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Phạm nhân bị đóng gông. (The offender was put in the stocks/cangue.)
- Dưới thời phong kiến, gông là một hình phạt phổ biến. (During the feudal era, the cangue was a common punishment.)
- Cuộc sống của anh ấy như đeo một chiếc gông. (His life is like wearing a cangue [i.e., a heavy burden].)
Advanced Usage
- The word "gông" is primarily historical but remains potent in literary and figurative contexts to evoke imagery of punishment, restriction, and severe hardship.
Variants and Related Words
- Gông cùm (n): A compound term meaning "stocks and shackles"; used to represent the full apparatus of imprisonment and punishment, or a state of complete loss of freedom.
- Chịu cảnh gông cùm. (To endure imprisonment/shackles.)
Synonyms
- Stocks: A device for public punishment and immobilization.
- Cangue: The specific term for the East Asian variant of the stocks.
- Yoke (figurative): Something that represents burden, oppression, or subjugation.
Related Idioms
- Gông đóng chóng mang: An idiom describing the state of being a prisoner, carrying the burden of punishment and shame.
- Số phận gông đóng chóng mang. (A fate of being shackled and imprisoned.)
noun
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stocks; cang; cangue
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gông cùmsllavery
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