tù đồ
Definition
- Noun:
- Prisoner; convict; inmate: A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence in a prison or penal institution. The term carries a formal and somewhat historical or literary tone, often referring to prisoners as a collective group.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nhà tù đó giam giữ hàng trăm tù đồ. (That prison holds hundreds of convicts.)
- Số phận của những tù đồ thật đáng thương. (The fate of the prisoners is truly pitiful.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "tù đồ" is often used in formal, historical, or literary contexts rather than in everyday conversation. It can imply a sense of a condemned mass or group.
Variants and Related Words
Tù nhân (n): Prisoner, inmate. This is a more common and neutral contemporary term.
- Các tù nhân được phép gặp gia đình. (The inmates are allowed to meet their families.)
Phạm nhân (n): Offender, convict. A formal term focusing on the person who committed the crime.
- Phạm nhân đã thú nhận tội ác. (The offender confessed to the crime.)
Synonyms
- Convict: A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a prison sentence.
- Inmate: A person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital.
- Detainee: A person held in custody, especially for political reasons.
Related Idioms
- While "tù đồ" itself is not commonly used in idioms, it relates to themes of crime and punishment. A related concept is:
- Đầu trâu mặt ngựa: (Literally: buffalo heads, horse faces) A derogatory idiom for hooligans or ruffians, sometimes overlapping with the criminal element from which "tù đồ" might come.
- Bọn đầu trâu mặt ngựa đó giờ đã thành tù đồ cả. (Those hooligans have all become convicts now.)