Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To banish, to exile: To formally send someone away from their country or region as an official punishment, often permanently.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua quyết định phát vãng kẻ phản nghịch. (The king decided to banish the rebel.)
  • Tội nặng nhất thời đó có thể bị phát vãng. (The most serious crime at that time could result in exile.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "phát vãng" is historical and literary. It is rarely used in modern spoken Vietnamese but appears in historical texts, legal documents from past eras, and classical literature to describe a severe punitive measure.

Variants and Related Words

• Phát lưu (v): A direct synonym, also meaning to exile or banish.

  • Bị kết án phát lưu ra đảo xa. (Sentenced to exile on a remote island.)

• Lưu đày (v): To exile. This is a more common term in modern contexts for the concept of exile.

  • Nhà thơ bị lưu đày vì tư tưởng chính trị. (The poet was exiled for his political ideas.)

Synonyms

• Banish: To send someone away from a country or place as an official punishment.
• Exile: The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
• Deport: To expel a person from a country (often used in modern legal contexts).

Related Idioms

• : To receive a sentence of banishment.
  • Cả gia tộc chịu án phát vãng vì tội của người đứng đầu. (The entire clan received banishment for the crime of its leader.)

1. (từ cũ) Banish, exile