sai phái
Definition
- Verb:
- To send (someone) on an errand or assignment: The act of ordering or dispatching a subordinate to perform a specific task or duty. This term is now considered archaic and carries a connotation of hierarchical command, often in an official or administrative context.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Ông chủ sai phái người giúp việc đi mua đồ. (The master sent the servant on an errand to buy things.)
- Viên quan sai phái lính đi tuần tra. (The mandarin dispatched soldiers to go on patrol.)
- Trong thời phong kiến, quan lại thường sai phái dân phu đi xây dựng công trình. (In feudal times, officials often conscripted laborers to build projects.)
Advanced Usage
- "dưới quyền sai phái của ai": to be under someone's orders; to be at someone's command.
- Những người lính mới đều dưới quyền sai phái của vị tướng. (The new soldiers were all under the general's command.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sai bảo (verb): to order, to command (a subordinate). This is a more direct synonym, also somewhat dated but less formal than "sai phái".
- Anh ta chỉ biết sai bảo người khác. (He only knows how to order others around.)
- Phái cử (verb): to send, to dispatch (on a mission). This is a more modern and neutral term.
- Công ty phái cử nhân viên đi công tác nước ngoài. (The company dispatched an employee on a business trip abroad.)
Synonyms
- Cử đi: to send.
- Điều động: to deploy, to mobilize (often for work or military duty).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Sai khiến: to order about, to boss around (often with a negative connotation of arbitrary command).
- Ông ta thích sai khiến người khác. (He likes to boss others around.)
Related Idioms
- Sai con tôi, sai chồng tôi: A proverb implying the difficulty or inappropriateness of ordering around one's own family members, often used to suggest that giving orders to close subordinates is complicated.
- Việc này khó lắm, sai con tôi, sai chồng tôi. (This matter is very difficult; it's hard to order one's own child or husband around.)
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(từ cũ) Send on some business
