phế đế

Thân thiện

Một vị vua bị phế đế ngồi trên một chiếc ghế đơn giản trong một căn phòng trống.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Deposed king: A monarch who has been removed from power, often forcibly, losing his throne and royal authority.
   • Dethroned emperor: Specifically refers to an emperor who has been stripped of his imperial title and position.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Vị phế đế sống những ngày cuối đời trong cảnh lưu đày. (The deposed king lived his final days in exile.)
  • Lịch sử ghi lại số phận bi thảm của vị phế đế đó. (History records the tragic fate of that dethroned emperor.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is historical and formal, primarily used in historical narratives, literature, or academic discussions about monarchies and political upheavals.
• It carries a connotation of a fall from the highest power, often implying a narrative of loss, coup, or revolution.

Variants and Related Words

• Phế truất (v): to depose, to dethrone.
  • Hội đồng quyết định phế truất nhà vua. (The council decided to depose the king.)
• Cựu hoàng (n): former emperor. This term is more neutral, while explicitly states the removal was involuntary.
  • Cựu hoàng hiện sống ẩn dật. (The former emperor now lives in seclusion.)

Synonyms

• Deposed monarch: A ruler who has been removed from sovereignty.
• Dethroned king: A king who has been forced from his throne.
• Ex-king: A former king (less specific about the nature of the departure).

Related Idioms

• Lên ngôi và phế truất: to ascend to the throne and to be deposed. This phrase describes the cyclical rise and fall of power.
  • Lịch sử triều đại ấy đầy rẫy những câu chuyện lên ngôi và phế truất. (The history of that dynasty is full of stories of ascension and deposition.)

Học thuật

1. Deposed (dethroned, discrowned) king