Definition

1. Verb:

   • To be in exile; to live in exile: To be forced to live outside one's native country, typically for political reasons or due to war, and unable to return.
   • To be banished; to be expelled: To be sent away from one's homeland as a form of punishment or due to persecution.

2. Adjective:

   • Exiled; in exile: Describing a person, group, or government that is living or operating in a foreign country under such circumstances.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Sau cuộc đảo chính, cựu tổng thống buộc phải lưu vong. (After the coup, the former president was forced into exile.)
  • Họ đã lưu vong ở nước ngoài hơn hai mươi năm. (They have lived in exile abroad for more than twenty years.)

• Adjective:

  • Chính phủ lưu vong vẫn tiếp tục hoạt động từ thủ đô của một nước láng giềng. (The government in exile continues to operate from the capital of a neighboring country.)
  • Cộng đồng người lưu vong tại đây rất đông đảo. (The community of exiled people here is very large.)

Advanced Usage

• "sống lưu vong": to live in exile (emphasizes the state of living).

  • Ông ấy đã sống lưu vong suốt phần đời còn lại. (He lived in exile for the rest of his life.)

• "kẻ lưu vong" / "người lưu vong": an exile; an exiled person (often carries a slightly formal or literary tone).

  • Những kẻ lưu vong luôn mong ngóng ngày được trở về quê hương. (The exiles always long for the day they can return to their homeland.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lưu đày (verb): To exile; to banish. (Focuses more on the act of being sent away as punishment).

  • Nhà vua đã ra lệnh lưu đày ông ta đến một hòn đảo xa xôi. (The king ordered him to be exiled to a remote island.)

• Tị nạn (verb/noun): To seek/to be a refugee; refuge. (Focuses on seeking shelter/protection, often from war or persecution. A "người tị nạn" is a refugee, which may overlap with but is not identical to "người lưu vong").

  • Hàng nghìn người đã phải tị nạn ở nước láng giềng. (Thousands of people had to seek refuge in a neighboring country.)

Synonyms

• Đày ải (verb): To send into exile; to banish (implies hardship and punishment).
• Tha hương (verb/literary): To live in a foreign land; to be far from home (often due to poverty or circumstance, less specifically political than "lưu vong").

Related Phrases

• Quê hương lưu vong: A metaphorical phrase meaning a homeland that exists in memory or spirit for those in exile.
  • Trong trái tim họ, quê hương lưu vong vẫn sống mãi. (In their hearts, the exiled homeland lives forever.)

Related Idioms

• Lưu lạc tha hương: To wander and live in a foreign land (emphasizes displacement and wandering, often with a sense of nostalgia and hardship).
  • Cuộc đời ông là một chuỗi ngày lưu lạc tha hương. (His life was a series of days wandering in exile.)

1. in exile
   • chính phủ lưu vong
     The Government in exile