chạy hậu
Definition
- Verb:
- To have a disease develop complications: In traditional Vietnamese medicine, this describes a situation where an illness, after its initial phase, progresses or "runs" to affect other parts of the body, leading to secondary, often more severe, conditions.
- To have negative consequences extend or linger: By extension, it can describe any situation where an initial problem leads to prolonged or cascading negative effects.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Bệnh sởi của cháu bé đã chạy hậu, gây viêm phổi. (The child's measles developed complications, causing pneumonia.)
- Căn bệnh không được điều trị dứt điểm nên giờ đã chạy hậu. (The illness wasn't treated thoroughly, so it has now led to complications.)
- Vụ việc đó chạy hậu, ảnh hưởng đến nhiều dự án khác. (That incident had lingering negative consequences, affecting many other projects.)
Advanced Usage
- "chạy hậu" as a medical metaphor: The term is often used metaphorically outside of medicine to describe problems that are not resolved at their root, leading to further issues.
- Nếu không giải quyết nguyên nhân gốc rễ, vấn đề này sẽ chạy hậu mãi. (If the root cause isn't solved, this problem will keep causing further complications.)
Variants and Related Words
- Biến chứng (n): Complication (the modern, standard medical term).
- Bệnh tiểu đường có thể gây nhiều biến chứng nguy hiểm. (Diabetes can cause many dangerous complications.)
- Di chứng (n): Sequela, after-effect (a condition resulting from a previous disease).
- Sau cơn sốt xuất huyết, anh ấy bị di chứng đau khớp. (After dengue fever, he suffers from joint pain as a sequela.)
Synonyms
- Gây biến chứng: To cause complications.
- Để lại hậu quả: To leave consequences.
- Kéo theo hệ lụy: To entail repercussions.
Notes on Usage
- Register: The term "chạy hậu" belongs to a traditional and somewhat archaic register, primarily associated with folk medicine and traditional understanding of diseases. In modern clinical contexts, "biến chứng" is the standard term.
- Semantic Field: It vividly personifies the disease as something that "runs" () to the "rear" or "aftermath" (), implying a movement from the primary site to cause secondary issues. This reflects a traditional humoral or energetic view of pathology.