khanh tướng

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Definition

1. Noun (Historical):
   • High-ranking civil and military court officials: A collective term for the most senior ministers and generals who held power in a feudal royal court or dynasty. The term often implies a group wielding significant political and military authority directly under the monarch.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Quyền hành trong tay bọn khanh tướng. (Power was in the hands of the high-ranking civil and military court officials.)
  • Ai công hầu ai khanh tướng, trong trần ai, ai dễ biết ai. (Who is a duke, who is a high minister; in this dusty world, who can truly know another?)

Advanced Usage

• The term "khanh tướng" is almost exclusively used in historical or literary contexts to describe the aristocratic ruling elite of pre-modern Vietnamese dynasties, such as the Lê or Nguyễn courts. It evokes a classical feudal structure.

Variants and Related Words

• Khanh (n): A high-ranking minister or dignitary (often civil).
• Tướng (n): A general or high-ranking military commander.
• Công hầu khanh tướng (n): A fixed phrase meaning "dukes, marquises, ministers, and generals," referring to the entire highest echelon of the feudal nobility.

Synonyms

• Grand dignitaries: High officials of state.
• High court officials: Senior officials serving in the royal court.
• Aristocratic officials: Nobles holding top government posts.

Related Idioms

• Công hầu khanh tướng: A classical idiom denoting the highest ranks of the feudal aristocracy.
  • Thời phong kiến, giới công hầu khanh tướng sống trong nhung lụa. (In feudal times, the class of dukes, marquises, ministers, and generals lived in silk and luxury.)

Học thuật

1. High-ranking civil and military court offcials
   • Quyền hành trong tay bọn khanh tướng
     Power was in the hands of the high-ranking civil and military court officials