hữu bang
Definition
- Noun:
- A friendly nation; an allied country: A country that maintains friendly, cooperative, or allied relations with another country. It emphasizes a bond of friendship and mutual support between nations.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Việt Nam luôn coi trọng tình hữu nghị với các hữu bang. (Vietnam always values friendly relations with allied nations.)
- Lãnh đạo hai nước hữu bang đã có cuộc hội đàm quan trọng. (The leaders of the two friendly nations held an important meeting.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is formal and is primarily used in diplomatic, political, or historical contexts to describe state-to-state relationships. It is less common in everyday conversation.
Variants and Related Words
Hữu nghị (adj): friendly (describing a relationship).
- quan hệ hữu nghị (friendly relations)
Bang giao (n): diplomatic relations.
- thiết lập bang giao (to establish diplomatic relations)
Đồng minh (n): ally (can refer to a country or a group in a formal alliance, often with a stronger military or political pact connotation than hữu bang).
Synonyms
- Ally: A state formally cooperating with another for military or other purposes.
- Friendly nation: A country with which one maintains cordial relations.
- Allied country: A nation united with another by treaty or common cause.
Related Idioms
- Tình hữu nghị: bonds of friendship (between peoples or countries).
- gìn giữ tình hữu nghị (to preserve the bonds of friendship)