tính biểu

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A commendatory flag or banner: A flag or banner awarded to publicly honor and recognize an individual's exceptionally good deeds, high virtue, or significant merit.
   • A symbol of honor and recognition: Refers to the practice of commemorating virtuous and talented individuals with flags, plaques, stone steles, or bronze statues. The term signifies that a person's righteous actions deserve to be remembered and honored.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người anh hùng được vua ban cho tính biểu. (The hero was granted a commendatory banner by the king.)
  • Tấm tính biểu ghi công lao của vị quan thanh liêm. (The honorary plaque records the merits of the incorruptible official.)

Advanced Usage

• The concept is historical and literary, often found in texts describing traditional Confucian or royal awards for virtue, loyalty, or scholarly achievement.
• It represents a formal, public act of moral recognition within a traditional societal framework.

Variants and Related Words

• Biểu dương (v): to commend, to praise, to honor publicly.

  • Thành phố biểu dương những người tốt việc tốt. (The city commends those who do good deeds.)

• Bia đá (n): stone stele (often used for recording merits).

• Tượng đồng (n): bronze statue (a form of lasting honor).

Synonyms

• Commendatory banner: A flag awarded as a mark of honor.
• Honorary plaque: A tablet inscribed with words of praise.
• Mark of distinction: A symbol recognizing exceptional merit.

Related Concepts

• Ghi ơn: to remember with gratitude, to be indebted.

  • Nhân dân ghi ơn những liệt sĩ đã hy sinh. (The people remember with gratitude the martyrs who sacrificed themselves.)

• Nêu gương: to set an example, to exemplify.

  • Ông ấy được nêu gương về lòng dũng cảm. (He is held up as an example of courage.)