quốc biến

Definition

1. Noun:
   • National calamity / national crisis: A major event or disaster that threatens or fundamentally alters the fate and stability of a nation.
   • State upheaval: A sudden, significant, and often violent change in the political or social order of a country.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chiến tranh được coi là một quốc biến. (War is considered a national calamity.)
  • Cuộc nổi dậy đó chính là một quốc biến. (That uprising was a state upheaval.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is classical and formal, primarily used in historical, literary, or political discourse to describe events of profound national consequence, such as wars, revolutions, or widespread famine.

Variants and Related Words

• Quốc nạn (n): national scourge or problem (e.g., corruption, epidemic).
  • Tham nhũng là một quốc nạn. (Corruption is a national scourge.)
• Biến cố (n): event, incident, or turning point (can be personal or national, but less severe than "quốc biến").
  • Đó là một biến cố lịch sử. (That was a historical event.)

Synonyms

• National disaster
• National catastrophe
• State crisis

Related Idioms

• Thay trời đổi đất: (lit. to change heaven and earth) to describe a radical, transformative upheaval, often overlapping with the scale of a .
  • Cuộc cách mạng đã thay trời đổi đất. (The revolution was a world-changing event.)