trừng trị
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Definition
Verb: - To punish, to chastise: To impose a severe or just penalty on someone for a serious crime or wrongdoing, often with the intent to correct or serve as a deterrent. It implies a formal, authoritative, and often severe punishment.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chính quyền sẽ trừng trị nghiêm khắc những kẻ buôn lậu. (The authorities will punish smugglers severely.)
- Pháp luật trừng trị hành vi tham nhũng. (The law chastises corrupt acts.)
- Tòa án trừng trị bọn tội phạm bằng bản án nặng. (The court punished the criminals with a heavy sentence.)
Advanced Usage
- "trừng trị thích đáng" / "trừng trị đích đáng": to punish fittingly/deservedly.
- Kẻ phản bội đã bị trừng trị thích đáng. (The traitor was fittingly punished.)
- Used in formal, legal, or moral contexts to describe punishment meted out by authorities (government, law, court) or sometimes by a moral force.
Variants and Related Words
- Trừng phạt (verb): A very close synonym, also meaning to punish or penalize. Often used interchangeably with "trừng trị".
- Trừng giới (verb, less common): To punish as a warning.
- Hình phạt (noun): Punishment, penalty.
- Trừng (root): Conveys the idea of making an example through punishment.
Synonyms
- Punish: To cause someone to suffer for an offense.
- Chastise: To rebuke or reprimand severely; to punish, especially by corporal means.
- Penalize: To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or rule.
- Discipline: To train or punish to enforce obedience.
Related Phrases (Collocations)
- Trừng trị kẻ có tội: To punish the guilty.
- Trừng trị nghiêm minh: To punish strictly and impartially.
- Bị trừng trị: To be punished.
Related Idioms
- Ăn cây nào rào cây ấy (proverb: Literally "Eat the tree, fence that tree"): This implies facing the consequences of one's actions, related to the concept of receiving one's just deserts, which is the result of being "trừng trị".