truất

Viên quan bị truất phải rời khỏi dinh thự.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To depose; to remove from office or position: The primary meaning of "truất" is to officially and forcefully strip someone of their rank, title, or authority, often in a political, royal, or military context.
   • To dethrone: Specifically used for removing a monarch from their throne.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hội đồng quyết định truất quyền chỉ huy của viên tướng. (The council decided to depose the general of his command.)
  • Nhà vua bị truất ngôi sau cuộc đảo chính. (The king was dethroned after the coup.)

Advanced Usage

• "truất phế": to depose and discard; a stronger term implying removal and rejection, often from a high position.
  • Vị hoàng đế già bị truất phế. (The old emperor was deposed and cast aside.)

Variants and Related Words

• Truất quyền (v): to divest of power/authority.

  • Bị truất quyền thừa kế. (To be disinherited / To be deprived of inheritance rights.)

• Truất ngôi (v): to dethrone.

  • Âm mưu truất ngôi thái tử. (A plot to dethrone the crown prince.)

Synonyms

• Depose: to remove from office or power.
• Dethrone: to remove from a throne.
• Oust: to force out of a position.
• Remove: to take away a position.

Related Idioms

• Truất hữu (archaic): To disinherit; to deprive of inheritance.
  • Người cha nổi giận truất hữu đứa con. (The angry father disinherited his child.)