bịnh dịch
Definition
Noun: 1. Plague: A serious, contagious, and often fatal disease that spreads rapidly among a large number of people or animals. Historically refers to specific diseases like bubonic plague. 2. Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community or region at a particular time, affecting many individuals.
Usage Examples
- (The city is facing an epidemic.)
- (The bubonic plague claimed many lives in history.)
- (Quarantine measures were implemented to prevent the plague from spreading.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "bịnh dịch" carries a grave and severe connotation, often implying a disease outbreak of significant scale and danger. It is more dramatic than the general term for disease ("bệnh").
- It can be used metaphorically to describe a harmful phenomenon that spreads quickly and widely through a society.
- Nạn tham nhũng như một thứ bịnh dịch. (Corruption is like a plague.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đại dịch (n): Pandemic. An epidemic that has spread over multiple countries or continents.
- COVID-19 được Tổ chức Y tế Thế giới công bố là đại dịch. (COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.)
- Dịch bệnh (n): Epidemic disease. A very common synonym for "bịnh dịch", with identical meaning and usage.
- Bệnh truyền nhiễm (n): Infectious/Communicable disease. A broader, more clinical term for any disease caused by pathogens.
Synonyms
- Plague
- Epidemic
- Pestilence (a literary synonym for a fatal epidemic disease)
Related Idioms
- Tránh như tránh bịnh dịch: To avoid (someone/something) like the plague.
- Sau vụ lừa đảo, mọi người tránh anh ta như tránh bịnh dịch. (After the scam, everyone avoided him like the plague.)
noun
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plague; epidemic
