Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To recruit soldiers: The act of enlisting or conscripting people into the military or an army.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua ra lệnh mộ binh để bảo vệ biên giới. (The king ordered the recruitment of soldiers to protect the border.)
  • Trong thời chiến, việc mộ binh thường được tiến hành khẩn cấp. (During wartime, soldier recruitment was often carried out urgently.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in historical or literary contexts to describe military conscription practices in pre-modern Vietnam. It is not used in contemporary administrative or military language.

Variants and Related Words

• Tuyển binh / Tuyển quân (verb): To recruit soldiers (modern, neutral term).
• Trưng binh (verb, archaic): To conscript soldiers, often by levy or draft.
• Lính mộ (noun): A recruited soldier; a mercenary or volunteer soldier (as opposed to a conscript).

Synonyms

• Chiêu binh (verb, archaic): To recruit soldiers (emphasizing the "calling" or gathering aspect).

Notes on Meaning

• The term 'mộ binh' specifically refers to the or of recruiting. It does not refer to the soldiers themselves. The soldiers recruited through this process were historically called 'lính mộ'.
• As a compound, it functions as a verb-object phrase. The core meaning is fixed and should be understood as a single lexical unit meaning "to recruit troops."

1. (từ cũ) recruit soliders