trinh sát

Một chiến sĩ trinh sát quan sát địa hình qua ống nhòm.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Reconnaissance: The military activity of obtaining information about an enemy's position, strength, or movements.
   • Scout / Reconnaissance Soldier: A person, typically a soldier, whose duty is to perform reconnaissance.

2. Verb:

   • To reconnoiter / To scout: To perform an act of reconnaissance; to observe or survey an area to gather military information.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Đơn vị trinh sát đã thu thập tin tức quan trọng. (The reconnaissance unit gathered crucial intelligence.)
  • Anh ta là một trinh sát giỏi. (He is an excellent scout.)

• Verb:

  • Chúng tôi được lệnh đi trinh sát phía trước. (We were ordered to reconnoiter the area ahead.)
  • Máy bay không người lái dùng để trinh sát. (The drone is used for scouting.)

Advanced Usage

• "trinh sát cơ": reconnaissance aircraft.

  • Trinh sát cơ U-2 nổi tiếng trong Chiến tranh Lạnh. (The U-2 spy plane was famous during the Cold War.)

• "hoạt động trinh sát": reconnaissance operations/activities.

  • Hoạt động trinh sát đòi hỏi sự tinh nhanh và bí mật. (Reconnaissance activities require agility and secrecy.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trinh sát viên (n): scout, reconnaissance agent.

  • Trinh sát viên thường hoạt động đơn lẻ. (Scouts often operate alone.)

• Do thám (v/n): to spy; espionage. (This can have a broader, sometimes more clandestine connotation than "trinh sát," which is primarily military.)

Synonyms

• Reconnaissance: scouting, patrol.
• Scout: pathfinder, vanguard.
• To reconnoiter: to survey, to patrol, to observe.

Related Idioms

• Mắt trinh sát: (lit. scout's eyes) meaning keen, observant eyes.

  • Người thợ săn có đôi mắt trinh sát. (The hunter has scout's eyes.)

• Tai trinh sát: (lit. scout's ears) meaning sharp, attentive ears.

  • Hãy lắng nghe như tai trinh sát. (Listen with scout's ears.)