đồn ải

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Các chiến sĩ đã canh giữ đồn ải nơi biên cương suốt mùa đông giá rét.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Border post: A military post or station established at a frontier or border to monitor and control passage, often for defense and security purposes. This term carries a somewhat historical or literary nuance.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Quân lính canh gác tại đồn ải. (Soldiers guard the border post.)
  • Đồn ải xa xôi ấy đã tồn tại hàng trăm năm. (That remote border post has existed for hundreds of years.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "đồn ải" is often found in historical, literary, or formal contexts to evoke a sense of a remote, fortified outpost on the frontier.

Variants and Related Words

• Đồn (n): A post, station, or fort. A more general term for a military or guard station.
  • Đồn biên phòng (n): Border guard station.
• Ải (n, literary): A strategic mountain pass or frontier gate, often used in poetry and historical texts.

Synonyms

• Border post
• Frontier station
• Outpost (especially a military one in a remote area)

Related Idioms

• While not a direct idiom, the concept of "đồn ải" is central to many historical narratives and poems describing the hardship and duty of soldiers stationed at remote frontiers.

Học thuật

1. Border post