liêm phóng
Definition
- Noun (Historical):
- Imperial censor (in feudal China): An official position in imperial China responsible for investigating and monitoring the conduct of other government officials.
- Secret inspector (under Hồ Quý Ly): An official role established by Vietnamese ruler Hồ Quý Ly to secretly investigate the actions of other mandarins.
- Colonial secret police force: The security or secret police service (Sûreté) during the period of French colonial rule in Vietnam.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Chức liêm phóng thời phong kiến có quyền lực rất lớn. (The role of imperial censor in feudal times held great power.)
- Hồ Quý Ly lập ra đội liêm phóng để giám sát các quan. (Hồ Quý Ly established a corps of secret inspectors to monitor officials.)
- Sở liêm phóng của Pháp hoạt động rất tinh vi. (The French secret police service operated very sophisticatedly.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in historical contexts and is not part of modern administrative or political vocabulary.
Variants and Related Words
- Mật thám (n): Secret agent, spy. A more general term for espionage.
- Cảnh sát mật (n): Secret police.
- Gián điệp (n): Spy.
Synonyms
- Censor: An official who examines conduct (historical context).
- Inspector: One who examines or investigates.
- Secret police: A police force operating in secrecy for political purposes.
Related Idioms
- : To act like a secret inspector; used figuratively to describe someone who is overly inquisitive or prying into others' affairs.
- Đừng có làm liêm phóng trong chuyện của người khác. (Don't be a secret inspector in other people's business.)