bất trị

Definition

Adjective:
- Incurable, untreatable: Describes a disease, illness, or condition that cannot be cured or remedied by medical treatment.
- Unruly, incorrigible, refractory: Describes a person (often a child or young person) whose behavior is disobedient, uncontrollable, and difficult to correct or reform.

Usage Examples

Adjective:
- Căn bệnh này đã ở giai đoạn bất trị. (This disease is at an incurable stage.)
- Nó là một đứa trẻ bất trị, không ai dạy nổi. (He is an unruly child, no one can teach him.)
- Tính cách bất trị của cậu bé khiến cha mẹ rất lo lắng. (The boy's incorrigible nature worries his parents greatly.)

Advanced Usage

"bệnh bất trị": incurable disease.
- Y học hiện đại vẫn chưa tìm ra cách chữa cho một số căn bệnh bất trị. (Modern medicine still hasn't found a cure for some incurable diseases.)
"trẻ bất trị" / "trẻ em bất trị": unruly/incorrigible child/children.
- Giáo dục trẻ bất trị đòi hỏi rất nhiều kiên nhẫn. (Educating an unruly child requires a lot of patience.)

Variants and Related Words

Vô phương cứu chữa (idiomatic phrase): Incurable, beyond remedy (often used for diseases or serious situations).
- Tình hình đã trở nên vô phương cứu chữa. (The situation has become incurable/beyond remedy.)
Ngỗ ngược (adjective): Stubbornly disobedient, rebellious (similar to the "unruly" meaning of , but often implies deliberate defiance).
- Đứa trẻ ngỗ ngược không nghe lời ai. (The disobedient child doesn't listen to anyone.)
Khó bảo (adjective): Difficult to advise or teach, hard to manage.
- Học sinh khó bảo thường gặp rắc rối. (Hard-to-manage students often get into trouble.)

Synonyms

Không chữa được (for diseases): Incurable, untreatable.
Cứng đầu cứng cổ (for behavior): Stubborn, obstinate, pig-headed.
Hư hỏng (for behavior, often moral): Spoiled, depraved, delinquent (can be stronger than ).

Related Idioms

"Giang sơn dễ đổi, bản tính khó dời": (It's easier to change a country than to change one's nature.) This idiom relates to the "incorrigible" aspect of , suggesting deep-seated traits are hard to alter.
"Thuốc đắng dã tật": (Bitter medicine cures sickness.) This contrasts with , implying that harsh measures can correct bad behavior or cure an illness, whereas something is beyond such correction.