Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Inherent; innate; intrinsic: A quality, characteristic, or element that is a permanent, essential, and inseparable part of something's nature. It exists from the beginning and is not acquired.
   • Chronic; long-standing: A condition or problem that has existed for a very long time and is deeply ingrained.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Lòng nhân ái là một đức tính cố hữu của con người. (Benevolence is an inherent virtue of humankind.)
  • Đó là một khuyết điểm cố hữu trong hệ thống. (That is a chronic flaw in the system.)
  • Sự tò mò là bản chất cố hữu của trẻ nhỏ. (Curiosity is an innate characteristic of young children.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal, academic, or literary contexts to describe fundamental attributes.
• Often modifies abstract nouns like (property), (nature), (characteristic), (habit), (problem).

Variants and Related Words

• Cố tật (n): A chronic bad habit or inveterate vice.
  • Anh ta không bỏ được cố tật hay trễ giờ. (He can't break the chronic habit of being late.)

Synonyms

• Inherent: Existing as a permanent and inseparable element.
• Innate: Existing from birth, inborn.
• Intrinsic: Belonging naturally; essential.
• Ingrained: Deeply rooted and difficult to change.

Related Idioms

• Tính cố hữu: This noun phrase means "inherent/inherent nature."
  • Tính cố hữu của kim loại là dẫn điện. (The inherent property of metal is to conduct electricity.)

adj

1. chronic, Always existing