giáp sĩ
Definition
- Noun:
- Armour-clad soldier, cuirassier: A soldier, especially from historical contexts, who is equipped with and wears protective armour.
- Troops, soldiery (in a general, archaic sense): A collective term for soldiers or military personnel, used in older Vietnamese.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Đội quân gồm hàng trăm giáp sĩ hùng mạnh. (The army consisted of hundreds of mighty armour-clad soldiers.)
- Trong lịch sử, các giáp sĩ thường chiến đấu trên lưng ngựa. (In history, cuirassiers often fought on horseback.)
- Nhà vua huy động giáp sĩ từ khắp nơi trong nước. (The king mobilized troops from all over the country.)
Advanced Usage
- The term giáp sĩ is considered archaic or literary in modern Vietnamese. It is primarily found in historical texts, literature, or when describing past military forces.
- It can be used metaphorically in modern writing to evoke a historical or heroic tone, though this is rare.
Variants and Related Words
- Áo giáp (n): Armour. The protective suit worn by a .
- Kỵ sĩ (n): Knight, cavalryman. A related term for a mounted soldier, who may or may not be armoured.
- Binh sĩ (n): Soldier, trooper. A modern, general term for a military servicemember.
Synonyms
- Lính mặc áo giáp: Armour-clad soldier (descriptive synonym).
- Quân sĩ (archaic): Military personnel, soldiery.
- Cuirassier (French loanword used in historical contexts): A cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (breastplate).
Related Phrases/Idioms
- : A poetic or literary compound sometimes used in fantasy contexts, meaning "dragon armour-clad warrior/knight." This is not a standard idiom but an illustrative example of how the root word (armour) can be combined.
- : A troop/company of armour-clad soldiers.
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(từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Armour-clad soldiers.
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(từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Troops, soldiery (nói khái quát)
