Definition

1. Verb:
   • To commit troops to battle, to deploy troops for combat: The primary meaning refers to the military action of moving soldiers from their base or garrison to engage in battle or to take up battle positions.
   • To launch, to kick off, to begin an operation or campaign: By extension, it is used for the formal commencement of any organized, large-scale activity, project, or competitive event, implying a sense of official start and concerted effort.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội đã ra quân từ sáng sớm. (The army committed its troops to battle early in the morning.)
  • Chiến dịch tiêm chủng sẽ chính thức ra quân vào tuần tới. (The vaccination campaign will officially kick off next week.)
  • Đội bóng ra quân với quyết tâm cao. (The football team took to the field with high determination.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lễ ra quân": A launch ceremony, a kick-off ceremony.
  • Lễ ra quân của chiến dịch mùa hè xanh diễn ra trang trọng. (The kick-off ceremony for the Green Summer campaign was solemn.)
• Used in contexts like sports (a team's first match in a tournament), volunteer campaigns, business product launches, or any organized mass movement beginning its active phase.

Variants and Related Words

• Xuất quân (Verb): A very close synonym, also meaning to dispatch troops or to set out on a mission. Often used interchangeably with "ra quân".
• Khởi động (Verb): To start up, to warm up. Used for beginning an activity but lacks the formal, large-scale, or collective nuance of "ra quân".
• Bắt đầu (Verb): To begin, to start. A general term without the specific connotation of an organized launch.

Synonyms

• Triển khai (Verb): To deploy, to roll out. Often used for deploying forces or systems.
• Phát động (Verb): To launch, to initiate (a movement, campaign).
• Bắt đầu chiến dịch (Verb Phrase): To begin a campaign.

Related Phrases

• Ra trận (Verb Phrase): To go into battle. More narrowly focused on entering combat itself.
• Lên đường (Verb Phrase): To set off, to depart on a journey. A general term for leaving.

Related Idioms

• Ra quân thắng lợi: To have a successful launch/debut; literally "to deploy troops victoriously".
  • Chúc đội tuyển ra quân thắng lợi. (Wishing the national team a successful debut.)
• While "ra quân" itself is not typically part of a longer idiomatic structure, its usage inherently carries the metaphorical weight of beginning a significant endeavor with a collective and strategic effort.

1. Commit (troops) to battle, place (troops) in battle-array