mọt dân
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Definition
- Noun:
- Extortioner, parasite of the people: A person, especially an official in the old feudal society, who exploits and drains the resources of the common people for personal gain. This term strongly implies corruption and oppression.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trong xã hội phong kiến, nhiều quan lại thực chất là mọt dân. (In feudal society, many mandarins were essentially parasites of the people.)
- Những tên mọt dân ấy chỉ biết vơ vét của dân lành. (Those extortioners only knew how to plunder from the innocent people.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is almost exclusively used in a historical or critical context to describe corrupt officials from pre-revolutionary or feudal times. It carries a strong negative, condemnatory connotation.
- It can be used metaphorically in modern political discourse to harshly criticize contemporary corrupt officials by comparing them to historical figures, though this is a stylistic and rhetorical choice.
Variants and Related Words
- Sâu mọt (n): Literally "borer insect" (like a termite or weevil); a metaphor for a corrupt, destructive element within an organization or system.
- Bọn sâu mọt làm hại đất nước. (Those corrupt elements are harming the country.)
- Quan lại (n): Mandarins, officials (in feudal times). This is a more neutral term for the group from which "mọt dân" often came.
- Hà khắc (adj): Harsh, oppressive. Can describe the behavior of a "mọt dân".
Synonyms
- Kẻ bóc lột: Exploiter.
- Kẻ hút máu nhân dân: Bloodsucker of the people (a very strong metaphor).
- Kẻ tham quan: Corrupt official.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- While "mọt dân" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is conceptually related to phrases condemning corruption:
- Quan tham, lại nhũng: Corrupt mandarins, oppressive clerks. (A phrase describing systemic corruption.)
- Hút máu mỡ dân lành: To suck the blood and fat of the innocent people. (A vivid metaphor for extreme exploitation.)
- Extortioner (nói về qua ại thời trước)