Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wooden cangue: "Mộc già" refers to a specific type of cangue, a historical punishment device, made primarily of wood. It was a heavy wooden board or collar locked around a prisoner's neck and sometimes hands.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tên tù nhân bị kết án đeo mộc già. (The convict was sentenced to wear the wooden cangue.)
  • Mộc già là một hình phạt khắc nghiệt thời phong kiến. (The wooden cangue was a severe punishment in feudal times.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is marked as archaic ("từ cũ") and is primarily encountered in historical texts, literature, or discussions about pre-modern Vietnamese law and punishment systems.
  • Trong tiểu thuyết lịch sử, nhân vật phản diện thường bị kết án đeo mộc già. (In historical novels, the antagonist is often sentenced to wear the wooden cangue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gông: A more general term for "cangue," which could be made of wood or other materials.
  • Gông thường nặng và gây đau đớn. (The cangue was usually heavy and painful.)
• Cùm: Stocks or shackles (a different but related restraining device).
• Xiềng xích: Chains, fetters.

Synonyms

• Wooden pillory: (A related but not identical Western punishment device).
• Wooden shackles: (A general descriptive term).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Đeo mộc già: To wear the wooden cangue (idiomatically, can imply being severely punished or publicly shamed).
  • Hắn phạm tội tham nhũng, đáng đời đeo mộc già. (He committed corruption; he deserves to wear the cangue.)
• Mang gông vào cổ: To carry a cangue on one's neck (a similar idiom meaning to bear a heavy punishment or shame).

1. (từ cũ) Cangue