tướng tá

tướng tá

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Definition
  1. Collective Noun:
    • Generals and high-ranking officers: A collective term referring to military officers of the general and senior officer ranks (typically colonel and above) as a group. It emphasizes the collective body of high command rather than an individual.
Usage Examples
  • Collective Noun:
    • Hội nghị quân sự có đông đủ các tướng tá tham dự. (The military conference was attended by a full contingent of generals and high-ranking officers.)
    • Tướng tá trong quân đội được đào tạo rất bài bản. (Generals and senior officers in the army are trained very systematically.)
    • Chính sách mới ảnh hưởng trực tiếp đến giới tướng tá. (The new policy directly affects the circle of generals and high-ranking officers.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often used in a collective or institutional sense. It can carry a slightly informal or colloquial tone when referring to the military leadership as a bloc.
  • It can sometimes be used metaphorically or humorously to refer to leaders or high-ranking individuals in a non-military organization.
    • Công ty mới thành lập đã có đầy đủ ban lãnh đạo, nào giám đốc, nào phó giám đốc, tướng tá đủ cả. (The newly established company already has a full leadership board, with directors, deputy directors—a whole suite of "generals.")
Variants and Related Words
  • Tướng (n): General, a specific high-ranking military officer.
    • Vị tướng đó rất được lòng quân. (That general is very popular with the troops.)
  • Tá (n): Short for "đại tá" (colonel) or other senior officer ranks like "trung tá" (lieutenant colonel).
    • Ông ấy được thăng cấp lên đại tá. (He was promoted to colonel.)
Synonyms
  • High command: The group of officers in supreme command of an army.
  • Brass (slang): High-ranking military officers.
  • Senior officers: Officers of high rank.
Related Idioms
  • While "tướng tá" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it relates to the concept of military hierarchy. A related concept is:
  • Ra oai tướng tá: To put on airs like a general; to act in an authoritative, commanding manner.
    • Anh ta chưa làm gì đã ra oai tướng tá. (He hadn't done anything yet but was already putting on airs like a general.)