lính tráng

Một tên lính tráng đang canh gác cổng thành.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Soldiers (collectively, often with a negative connotation): A general term for soldiers in former times, typically used to refer to military personnel in a disparaging or derogatory way. It implies a sense of lowly, expendable, or unsophisticated troops.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bọn lính tráng ấy chỉ biết cướp bóc dân lành. (Those soldiers only knew how to plunder innocent people.)
  • Thời đó, lính tráng thường bị đối xử rất tệ. (In that era, soldiers were often treated very poorly.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in historical or literary contexts to criticize the behavior, low status, or oppressive role of military forces in the past.

Variants and Related Words

• Lính (n): A neutral, general term for a soldier or private.

  • Anh ta là một người lính dũng cảm. (He is a brave soldier.)

• Quân lính (n): Troops, military forces (also often collective).

  • Quân lính triều đình đã bao vây thành phố. (The imperial troops surrounded the city.)

Synonyms

• Soldiery: The body of soldiers collectively.
• Troops: A group of soldiers.
• Rank and file: The ordinary soldiers, not the officers.

Related Idioms

• Lính tráng tay sai: Refers to soldiers acting as henchmen or lackeys.
  • Chúng chỉ là lính tráng tay sai của chế độ cũ. (They were merely the henchmen soldiers of the old regime.)