Definition

1. Verb (archaic/literary):
   • To unify, to bring together into one whole (especially a country or territory): "nhất thống" refers to the act of consolidating separate regions or factions into a single, unified entity, most commonly a nation.
   • To dominate, to rule over (in the sense of unifying under one rule): In some contexts, it carries the connotation of establishing supreme authority over a unified domain.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Vị vua đó có tham vọng nhất thống sơn hà. (That king had the ambition to unify the country.)
  • Sau nhiều năm nội chiến, triều đại mới đã nhất thống được lãnh thổ. (After many years of civil war, the new dynasty succeeded in unifying the territory.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is primarily used in historical, literary, or formal contexts. It is rarely used in modern everyday conversation.
• It almost always appears with the object "sơn hà" (mountains and rivers, meaning "the country") in the fixed phrase "nhất thống sơn hà", which is an idiom meaning "to unify the country".

Variants and Related Words

• Thống nhất (verb): To unify, to reach unity. This is the modern, commonly used synonym for "nhất thống".
  • Hai công ty đã thống nhất về một mối. (The two companies unified into one.)
• Thống trị (verb): To dominate, to rule (often with a negative connotation of oppression).
• Nhất (numeral/adjective): First, number one; foremost.
• Thống (verb, literary): To rule, to govern; to unify.

Synonyms

• Thống nhất: To unify.
• Hợp nhất: To merge, to consolidate into one.
• Quy về một mối: To bring under one authority/roof.

Related Idioms

• Nhất thống sơn hà: To unify the country (literally: to unify the mountains and rivers). This is the most classic and almost exclusive collocation for this word.
  • Lê Lợi sau khi đánh đuổi quân Minh đã nhất thống sơn hà. (After driving out the Ming army, Le Loi unified the country.)

1. (cũ) Unify, bring together into one whole (system...)
   • Nhất thống sơn hà
     to unify the country