Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To be exiled and made a border guard: Refers to the historical punishment in feudal times where a criminal was sent into exile to serve as a soldier guarding the frontier or border region.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Dưới thời phong kiến, những kẻ phản nghịch thường bị sung quân. (In feudal times, rebels were often exiled and made border guards.)
  • Tội nhân bị kết án sung quân ra vùng biên ải xa xôi. (The convict was sentenced to be exiled and serve as a guard in a remote border region.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is exclusively used in historical or literary contexts to describe a specific form of punishment from Vietnam's feudal past. It is not used in modern legal or everyday language.

Variants and Related Words

• Lính thú (n): A frontier guard or soldier stationed at a remote border post, often as part of such a punishment.
• Đày ải (v): To exile, to banish. This is a more general term, while specifies the military service component.

Synonyms

• Đày đi biên giới làm lính: To be exiled to the border to become a soldier.
• Bắt đi lính thú: To be forced to become a frontier guard.

Notes on Meaning

• The term sung quân combines two concepts: sung (to conscript, to enlist into service) and quân (army, military). It specifically denotes a punitive conscription into border military service.
• It reflects a historical practice and carries a strong connotation of forced service as a form of punishment, rather than voluntary military duty.

1. (từ cũ) Be exiled and made a border guard