Definition

1. Verb:
   • To exile; to banish: To force someone to leave their country or native region, often as a punishment or for political reasons. It implies a forced removal and a state of being barred from returning.
   • To deport: To expel someone from a country, typically by official legal order.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua đã lưu đày kẻ phản nghịch ra đảo xa. (The king exiled the rebel to a remote island.)
  • Hàng nghìn người đã bị lưu đày vì tư tưởng chính trị của họ. (Thousands were exiled for their political beliefs.)
  • Chính quyền quyết định lưu đày nhóm tội phạm. (The authorities decided to deport the group of criminals.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lưu đày" often carries a strong connotation of punishment, suffering, and loss of homeland. It is frequently used in historical and political contexts.
• It can describe a state of being, not just the act. For example, means "a life in exile."

Variants and Related Words

• Sự lưu đày (n): Exile, banishment (the state or condition).
  • Sự lưu đày của ông ấy kéo dài hai mươi năm. (His exile lasted twenty years.)
• Kẻ bị lưu đày / Người lưu đày (n): An exile; a deportee.
  • Những người lưu đày khao khát được trở về quê hương. (The exiles longed to return to their homeland.)

Synonyms

• Exile: To expel and bar someone from their native country.
• Banish: To send someone away, especially from a political entity, as a punishment.
• Deport: To legally force a foreign national to leave a country.
• Expel: To force someone to leave a place.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Cảnh lưu đày: The plight/scene of exile.
  • Bài thơ mô tả nỗi buồn của cảnh lưu đày. (The poem describes the sorrow of the plight of exile.)
• Sống cảnh lưu đày: To live in exile.
  • Cả gia đình ông phải sống cảnh lưu đày ở nước ngoài. (His whole family had to live in exile abroad.)

verb

1. to exile; to banish; to deport