mật cứ

Các chiến sĩ hoạt động từ một mật cứ trong rừng sâu.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Secret base / clandestine base: A hidden or covert operational location, typically used by military, intelligence, or revolutionary forces to conceal their activities from adversaries.
   • Hideout / covert stronghold: A concealed place serving as a headquarters or refuge for organized, often clandestine, groups.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Các chiến sĩ hoạt động từ một mật cứ trong rừng sâu. (The soldiers operated from a secret base deep in the forest.)
  • Mật cứ của tổ chức đó đã bị phát hiện. (The organization's clandestine base was discovered.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is strongly associated with historical contexts, particularly with military strategy and revolutionary warfare where secrecy was paramount for survival and operations.

Variants and Related Words

• Căn cứ bí mật (n): secret base (a more general synonym).
• Sào huyệt (n): lair, den (often with a more negative connotation, implying a hideout for illicit activities).

Synonyms

• Secret base: A concealed military or operational installation.
• Clandestine headquarters: A covert center of command.
• Hideout: A place of concealment.

Related Idioms

• While "mật cứ" itself is not typically part of a common idiom, it is conceptually related to phrases about secrecy and strategy, such as "vào sinh ra tử" (to go through life and death), which might describe operations launched from such a base.