Definition

1. Verb (phrase):
   • To mobilize soldiers: To formally assemble and prepare military troops for active service.
   • To call up (to service): To summon individuals, typically by official order, to serve in the armed forces.
   • To draft (archaic): To conscript or enlist individuals compulsorily into the military. This term is marked as old and reflects historical contexts of conscription.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua ra lệnh gọi lính từ khắp các tỉnh. (The king ordered the mobilization of soldiers from all provinces.)
  • Trong chiến tranh, chính phủ thường phải gọi lính. (During war, the government often has to call up men for service.)
  • Thời phong kiến, làng xã có nghĩa vụ gọi lính khi có chiếu chỉ. (In feudal times, villages had the duty to draft soldiers when a royal decree was issued.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in historical or literary contexts to describe military mobilization practices of the past, particularly before the modern era.

Variants and Related Words

• Động viên (v): to mobilize (modern, general term for mobilizing resources or people, including soldiers).
  • Chính phủ động viên nhân dân tham gia kháng chiến. (The government mobilized the people to join the resistance.)
• Nhập ngũ (v): to enlist, to join the army (focuses on the individual's action of entering service).
  • Anh ấy đã tình nguyện nhập ngũ. (He volunteered to enlist.)

Synonyms

• Mobilize
• Call up
• Conscript (archaic)
• Levy (troops)

Related Idioms

• Gọi quân: to call up the army (a similar, slightly more formal or literary phrase).
  • Tướng quân quyết định gọi quân ứng cứu. (The general decided to call up the army for relief.)

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Mobilize, call up, draft