đạo binh
Definition
- Noun:
- An army: A large, organized military force, typically for land warfare. This is the primary and most common meaning.
- A military contingent or column: A specific, often sizable, group of soldiers within a larger force or on a specific mission.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Đạo binh hùng mạnh đã tiến vào thành phố. (The powerful army marched into the city.)
- Nhà vua phái một đạo binh đi dẹp loạn. (The king dispatched a military column to suppress the rebellion.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "đạo binh" is formal and somewhat literary or historical in modern usage. In contemporary contexts, words like "quân đội" (army) or "đoàn quân" (troop contingent) are more common.
- It can be used metaphorically to describe a very large group of people or things, though this is less frequent.
Variants and Related Words
- Quân đội (n): The military, the armed forces as an institution.
- Đoàn quân (n): A troop, a corps, a body of soldiers.
- Binh lính (n): Soldiers, troops.
Synonyms
- Army: A large organized military force.
- Military force: An organized armed force.
- Contingent: A group of troops contributed to a larger force.
Related Idioms
- Đạo binh ô hợp: A ragtag army; an undisciplined or motley military force.
- Đội quân ấy chẳng khác nào một đạo binh ô hợp. (That troop was nothing but a ragtag army.)