tự vệ
Definition
Verb:
- To defend oneself: To protect oneself from physical attack or harm.
- To self-defend: To act in response to an immediate threat, justifying the use of force for protection.
Noun:
- Self-defense: The right or act of protecting oneself from violence.
- Militia / Civil defense force: A local, part-time, and often lightly armed force organized within a community, workplace, or institution for its own protection.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Cô ấy học võ để biết cách tự vệ. (She learns martial arts to know how to defend herself.)
- Anh ta buộc phải tự vệ khi bị tấn công. (He was forced to defend himself when attacked.)
Noun:
- Tự vệ là một quyền chính đáng. (Self-defense is a legitimate right.)
- Lực lượng tự vệ của nhà máy thường xuyên tuần tra. (The factory's militia regularly patrols.)
Advanced Usage
- "quyền tự vệ chính đáng": The legal term for "legitimate self-defense."
- Tòa án công nhận hành động của bị cáo là quyền tự vệ chính đáng. (The court recognized the defendant's action as legitimate self-defense.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tự vệ tinh thần: Psychological self-defense; the act of protecting one's mental well-being.
- Tự vệ tập thể: Collective self-defense; a concept in international law or group protection.
Synonyms
- Defend: To protect from harm or danger.
- Protect oneself: To keep oneself safe.
- Self-protection: The act of keeping oneself safe.
- Civil guard: A non-professional local defense force.
Related Idioms
- Tự vệ bằng mọi giá: To defend oneself at all costs.
- Họ quyết tâm tự vệ bằng mọi giá. (They are determined to defend themselves at all costs.)