thỉnh nguyện
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Definition
- Verb:
- To present a petition; to formally request or appeal: "thỉnh nguyện" means to respectfully explain one's wishes, desires, or requests to a person of higher authority or status.
- To submit a formal plea or supplication: It refers to the act of formally stating a request or aspiration, often in a written document.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Các thương gia đã cùng nhau thỉnh nguyện nhà vua giảm thuế. (The merchants collectively petitioned the king to reduce taxes.)
- Ông ấy viết đơn thỉnh nguyện gửi lên quan phủ. (He wrote a petition to submit to the mandarin's office.)
Advanced Usage
- "đơn thỉnh nguyện": a petition (document).
- Họ đã ký tên vào đơn thỉnh nguyện. (They signed the petition.)
- "thỉnh nguyện thư": a letter of petition.
- Thỉnh nguyện thư đã được gửi đến chính quyền. (The letter of petition was sent to the authorities.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thỉnh (verb): to request, to ask for (often respectfully).
- thỉnh giáo: to ask for advice/instruction.
- Nguyện (verb/noun): to vow, to wish; a vow, a wish.
- nguyện vọng: aspiration, desire.
- Kiến nghị (verb/noun): to propose, to recommend; a proposal, a recommendation (more modern and common than "thỉnh nguyện").
- kiến nghị lên cấp trên: to propose to superiors.
Synonyms
- Cầu xin: to beg, to plead (implies stronger desperation).
- Đề đạt: to present, to submit (an idea, request - formal).
- Khẩn khoản: to earnestly entreat, to beseech.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Làm đơn thỉnh nguyện: to draft/write a petition.
- Dân làng làm đơn thỉnh nguyện xây lại cây cầu. (The villagers drafted a petition to rebuild the bridge.)
Related Idioms
- "Thỉnh nguyện như văn tế": (Literally: To petition like a funeral oration). This idiom humorously or critically describes a petition that is overly long, elaborate, or mournful in tone.
- Đơn của anh ta dài thỉnh nguyện như văn tế, chẳng ai muốn đọc. (His petition is as long as a funeral oration; no one wants to read it.)
verb
- to explain one's wishes to