trung trinh
Definition
- Adjective:
- Loyal and faithful: Describes a person, especially a subject or official, who is unwavering in their devotion and fidelity to a ruler, cause, or principle. It combines the ideas of loyalty ("trung") and chastity/upright fidelity ("trinh").
- Steadfast and upright: Emphasizes moral integrity and unwavering constancy in one's duties or commitments.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy là một bầy tôi trung trinh. (He is a loyal and faithful subject.)
- Lòng trung trinh là phẩm chất quý giá của một vị tướng. (Loyalty and faithfulness are precious qualities of a general.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is considered literary and archaic. It is most commonly found in historical texts, classical literature, or formal rhetoric to describe idealized, often feudal, virtues.
Variants and Related Words
- Trung thành (adj): Loyal, devoted. This is the modern and more common equivalent.
- Người lính trung thành với tổ quốc. (The soldier is loyal to the homeland.)
- Trung nghĩa (adj): Loyal and righteous.
- Một hành động trung nghĩa. (A loyal and righteous act.)
Synonyms
- Loyal: Giving or showing firm and constant support.
- Faithful: Remaining loyal and steadfast.
- Steadfast: Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
Related Idioms
- Trung quân ái quốc: (Lit. Loyal to the king, love the country) An idiom denoting absolute loyalty to the monarch and the nation, closely related to the virtue of "trung trinh."
- Tinh thần trung quân ái quốc. (The spirit of loyalty to the sovereign and love for the country.)