phế
Definition
- Verb:
- To dethrone, to depose: To remove a monarch or ruler from power, often by force or official decree.
- To abolish, to discard: To officially end or get rid of something, such as a system, rule, or title, rendering it no longer in use or valid.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Vua bị phế. (The king was dethroned.)
- Hội đồng quyết định phế bỏ luật lệ cũ. (The council decided to abolish the old regulation.)
- Chức vụ đó đã bị phế từ lâu. (That title was discarded long ago.)
Advanced Usage
"phế truất": to oust, to remove from office (often used for high-ranking positions).
- Tổng thống bị phế truất sau một cuộc đảo chính. (The president was ousted after a coup.)
"phế đế": a deposed emperor.
- Vị phế đế sống những ngày cuối đời trong cảnh lưu đày. (The deposed emperor lived his final days in exile.)
Variants and Related Words
Phế bỏ (v): to abolish, to annul.
- Phế bỏ một hiệp ước. (To annul a treaty.)
Phế vật (n): a discarded object; a useless thing.
- Căn gác đầy những phế vật. (The attic is full of discarded objects.)
Phế nhân (n): a deposed person; a person who has been rendered powerless or obsolete.
Synonyms
- Dethrone: To remove from a throne.
- Depose: To remove from office or power.
- Abolish: To formally put an end to a system or practice.
- Discard: To get rid of something no longer useful.
Related Idioms
- Phế trưởng lập ấu: To depose the elder and establish the younger (often referring to royal succession disputes).
- Phế hưng (rise and fall): The cycle of abolition and restoration, or decline and prosperity.
- Lịch sử là một chu kỳ của phế hưng. (History is a cycle of rise and fall.)
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Dethrone, depose, discrown
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Vua bị phếA dethroned (deposed, discrowned) king
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