Definition

1. Verb:
   • To treat, to cure, to provide medical care: "chữa chạy" means to treat an illness or injury, often implying active and diligent efforts to heal a patient. It conveys a sense of applying various methods or remedies to cure someone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các bác sĩ đang hết sức chữa chạy cho bệnh nhân. (The doctors are doing their utmost to treat the patient.)
  • Gia đình đã tìm mọi cách chữa chạy căn bệnh cho anh ấy. (The family tried every possible way to cure his illness.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a continuous, persistent, or extensive effort in seeking a cure, sometimes involving multiple treatments or doctors.
  • Sau nhiều năm chữa chạy khắp nơi, bệnh tình của ông ấy cuối cùng cũng thuyên giảm. (After many years of seeking treatment everywhere, his condition finally improved.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chạy chữa: This is a variant with the same meaning and is more commonly used. It is formed by inverting the words "chữa chạy". Both terms are used interchangeably to mean "to seek/try every possible treatment".
  • Họ đã đi khắp nơi để chạy chữa cho con. (They went everywhere to seek treatment for their child.)

Synonyms

• Điều trị: to treat, to provide medical treatment (a more standard, clinical term).
• Cứu chữa: to save and cure, to heal (often used in more serious or critical contexts).
• Trị bệnh: to cure an illness.

Notes on Meaning

• "Chữa chạy" (and its variant "chạy chữa") strongly emphasizes the and of trying to cure, often involving effort, movement (like going to different places), and the use of various means. It is less formal than "điều trị".
• It is typically used for physical illnesses. Using it for abstract problems (like fixing a social issue) would be metaphorical.

1. Như chạy chữa