Definition

1. Noun:
   • Vestige / Remnant: Something that remains from a past system, era, or condition, often after its main part has ended or been destroyed. It implies a leftover trace or fragment.
   • Survival: A remaining practice, belief, or element that continues to exist from an earlier time.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đây là tàn dư của chế độ cũ. (This is a vestige of the old regime.)
  • Những tàn dư văn hóa đó vẫn còn tồn tại. (Those cultural remnants still exist.)
  • Họ tìm cách xóa bỏ mọi tàn dư phong kiến. (They seek to eliminate all feudal survivals.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in historical, sociological, or political contexts to describe persistent, often outdated, elements from a previous system.
  • Cuộc cách mạng nhằm quét sạch các tàn dư của thực dân. (The revolution aimed to sweep away all vestiges of colonialism.)

Variants and Related Words

• Di tích (n): relic, historical site. (Focuses more on a physical site or object.)
  • Ngôi đền là một di tích quan trọng. (The temple is an important relic.)
• Dấu vết (n): trace, mark. (Can be more general, not necessarily from a defunct system.)
  • Không còn dấu vết của kẻ đột nhập. (There is no trace of the intruder.)

Synonyms

• Remnant: A small remaining quantity of something.
• Vestige: A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
• Relic: An object, tradition, or system from the past that survives.
• Leftover: Something that remains after the main part is used or gone.

Related Concepts

• Tàn tích (n): This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "tàn dư" to mean ruins or remnants, particularly of physical structures.
  • Tàn tích của một tòa thành cổ. (The ruins of an ancient citadel.)
• The concept often carries a slightly negative or critical connotation, implying something obsolete that hinders progress.

noun

1. vestige