hoạn đồ
Definition
- Noun (Historical/Obsolescent):
- Mandarin's career: The official career path or professional trajectory of a mandarin (a bureaucrat in imperial Vietnam or China).
- Official's path: The course of advancement within the feudal bureaucratic system.
Usage Examples
- đầy thăng trầm của tổ tiên mình.* (The old man often told stories about the full-of-ups-and-downs of his ancestor.)
- của một vị quan có thể thay đổi chỉ bằng một chiếu chỉ.* (In feudal society, an official's could change with just one royal decree.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in historical or literary contexts to describe the bureaucratic life in pre-modern East Asian administrations.
- It often carries connotations of the unpredictability, prestige, and sometimes the perils associated with government service under a monarchy.
Variants and Related Words
- Hoạn lộ (n): A direct synonym, also meaning "the path of officialdom" or "mandarin's career."
- Hoạn lộ của ông ta bắt đầu từ một chức quan nhỏ ở địa phương.* (His mandarin career began with a minor local official post.)
Synonyms
- Official career: The professional life of a government official.
- Bureaucratic path: The trajectory within a bureaucratic system.
- Mandarin's trajectory: The course of a mandarin's professional life.
Related Idioms
- While there are no direct idioms with "hoạn đồ," the concept is central to many historical idioms about official life, such as:
- Thăng quan tiến chức: To be promoted and advance in rank (specifically within the official hierarchy).
- Trải qua bão táp phong ba: To weather storms and hardships (often used metaphorically for a turbulent career, including an official one).
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(từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) (cũng nói hoạn lộ) Mandarin's career
