Definition

1. Noun:
   • Military camp; barracks: A place where soldiers live, sleep, and are stationed. It refers to a group of buildings or an enclosed area used to house military personnel.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Các binh sĩ mới đang trên đường tới trại lính. (The new recruits are on their way to the military camp.)
  • Trại lính được bảo vệ nghiêm ngặt suốt ngày đêm. (The barracks are strictly guarded day and night.)
  • Họ tổ chức lễ duyệt binh ngay trong khuôn viên trại lính. (They held the parade right within the grounds of the army camp.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used more broadly to refer to the military base or compound itself, not just the living quarters.
  • Tin tức về vụ việc lan nhanh khắp trại lính. (News of the incident spread quickly throughout the entire army base.)

Variants and Related Words

• Doanh trại (n): A more formal or literary term for military barracks or camp.
• Căn cứ quân sự (n): Military base. This is a broader term that includes the entire operational facility, of which the (living quarters) is a part.

Synonyms

• Barracks: A building or group of buildings where soldiers live.
• Garrison: The troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it; also refers to the place where such troops are stationed.
• Encampment: A place with temporary living quarters for soldiers.

Related Idioms

• Kỷ luật thép của trại lính: (The iron discipline of the barracks.) Used to describe an environment of extremely strict rules and order.
  • Ông chủ đó áp dụng kỷ luật thép của trại lính vào công ty. (That boss applies the iron discipline of the barracks to his company.)