tiền trạm

Definition

Noun:
- Advance party, advance team, advance guard: A small group sent ahead to a location to prepare living and working conditions for a larger group that will arrive later. This is the most common usage.
- Advance post, forward base: The location or camp established by such a group.
Adjective:
- In advance, preliminary, preparatory: Describing an action or task done ahead of the main activity to prepare or scout.

Usage Examples

Noun:
- Đội tiền trạm đã đến đảo để dựng lều trại. (The advance party has arrived on the island to set up tents.)
- Họ cử một nhóm tiền trạm đi trước hai ngày. (They sent an advance team ahead by two days.)
- Công việc của tiền trạm là rất quan trọng. (The work of the advance guard is very important.)
Adjective:
- Anh ấy đi công tác tiền trạm. (He went on a preliminary / advance work trip.)
- Chúng tôi cần một cuộc khảo sát tiền trạm. (We need an advance survey.)

Advanced Usage

"làm nhiệm vụ tiền trạm": to perform advance party duties, to be on a reconnaissance mission.
- Nhóm kỹ sư đang làm nhiệm vụ tiền trạm tại công trường mới. (The team of engineers is performing advance duties at the new construction site.)
"đi tiền trạm": to go ahead as an advance party, to go on a scouting trip.
- Giám đốc sẽ đi tiền trạm trước khi cả đoàn khách đến. (The director will go on an advance trip before the whole delegation of guests arrives.)

Variants and Related Words

Trinh sát (v/n): To reconnoiter; a scout/reconnaissance (person or activity). This focuses more on gathering information, while focuses on preparation.
Tiền đồn (n): Outpost, frontier post. This implies a more permanent military position.
Chuẩn bị (v): To prepare. This is the general verb for preparation.

Synonyms

Related Phrases

Tiền trạm báo chí: Press advance team (a group that prepares for a media event or a dignitary's visit involving press).
Tiền trạm quân sự: Military advance party.

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