Definition

1. Noun:
   • Power and authority: The combined influence and official command held by an individual or institution, often in a governmental, military, or administrative context. It implies the legitimate right to make decisions and enforce obedience.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong chế độ phong kiến, vua nắm giữ mọi quyền binh. (In the feudal regime, the king held all power and authority.)
  • Hắn ta lạm dụng quyền binh để trục lợi cá nhân. (He abused his power and authority for personal gain.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "quyền binh" is often used in historical or critical discussions of governance to describe concentrated, often unchecked, authority.
  • Cuốn sách phân tích sự tập trung quyền binh ở các nhà nước độc tài. (The book analyzes the concentration of power and authority in authoritarian states.)

Variants and Related Words

• Quyền lực (n): power, authority. A more general and commonly used synonym.
• Binh quyền (n): military authority. Specifically denotes authority over armed forces.

Synonyms

• Authority: The legitimate power to give orders and enforce rules.
• Command: The authority to control or direct.
• Sway: Controlling influence or power.

Related Idioms

• Nắm quyền binh: to hold the reins of power.
  • Chính đảng đó đã nắm quyền binh trong nhiều thập kỷ. (That political party has held the reins of power for decades.)
• Lộng quyền binh: to act arrogantly or tyrannically due to one's power.
  • Kẻ lộng quyền binh sớm muộn cũng bị lật đổ. (Those who tyrannically abuse their power will eventually be overthrown.)