vạn bảo
Definition
- Noun (Archaic):
- Pawnshop / mont-de-piété: An establishment where personal property is pledged as security for a loan. This term is an old, literary word for a pawnbroking institution.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy đã phải mang chiếc đồng hồ đến vạn bảo. (He had to take his watch to the pawnshop.)
- Vạn bảo là nơi cho vay tiền truyền thống. (The mont-de-piété was a traditional money-lending place.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "vạn bảo" is primarily found in historical or literary contexts and is largely obsolete in modern everyday Vietnamese, having been replaced by more common terms like "tiệm cầm đồ".
Variants and Related Words
Tiệm cầm đồ (n): pawnshop (modern, common term).
- Tiệm cầm đồ nằm ở góc phố. (The pawnshop is on the street corner.)
Hội cầm đồ (n): pawnbrokers' association; another historical term for a pawnshop.
Synonyms
- Pawnshop: A shop where loans are made with personal property as security.
- Mont-de-piété: A public or charitable pawnshop (from French, used in historical contexts).
- Loan office: An establishment providing loans.
Related Idioms
- While there are no direct idioms using "vạn bảo", the concept relates to traditional idioms about poverty or pawning items, such as:
- Cầm đồ trả gạo: To pawn something for rice (to describe a state of extreme need or a stopgap solution).