thoái vị

Vua Bảo Đại thoái vị vào năm 1945.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To abdicate: To formally and voluntarily renounce or give up a throne, sovereign power, or high office, especially that of a monarch.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Năm 1945, Bảo Đại thoái vị. (In 1945, Bảo Đại abdicated.)
  • Nhà vua đã quyết định thoái vị. (The king decided to abdicate.)
  • Việc thoái vị của ông ấy gây chấn động cả nước. (His abdication shocked the entire nation.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "thoái vị" is used almost exclusively in the context of monarchy and supreme leadership. It implies a permanent and formal relinquishment of position and authority.
• It can be used in a historical or political context to describe the act of stepping down.

Variants and Related Words

• Sự thoái vị (n): Abdication (the act or instance of abdicating).
  • Sự thoái vị của nữ hoàng được công bố chính thức. (The queen's abdication was officially announced.)

Synonyms

• Abdicate: To renounce a throne formally.
• Renounce the throne: To give up royal authority.
• Step down: To resign from a high position (a more general term).

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom with "thoái vị", the concept is sometimes expressed in historical phrases like (to hand over the throne), which describes the result of abdication.