di họa
Definition
- Verb:
- To bring misfortunes on; to cause or leave behind a legacy of disaster: The act of causing calamities or negative consequences that persist into the future, often as a result of a specific action or event.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chính sách sai lầm đó có thể di họa cho nhiều thế hệ. (That misguided policy could bring misfortunes on many generations.)
- Ô nhiễm môi trường đang di họa cho tương lai của chúng ta. (Environmental pollution is causing a legacy of disaster for our future.)
Advanced Usage
- Used in formal or serious contexts: This verb is typically used in formal writing, historical analysis, or serious discussions about long-term negative consequences of policies, wars, or major decisions.
- Các nhà sử học phân tích cách cuộc chiến đã di họa cho nền kinh tế. (Historians analyze how the war brought misfortunes on the economy.)
Variants and Related Words
- Di hại (verb/noun): A close synonym meaning to cause harm or leave behind harmful effects.
- Hành động đó sẽ di hại lâu dài. (That action will cause long-term harm.)
- Tai họa (noun): Disaster, calamity. This is the noun form of the misfortune that is brought.
- Di họa chiến tranh là một tai họa kéo dài. (The legacy of war is a prolonged disaster.)
- Hậu quả (noun): Consequence, result. A more general term for outcomes, which can be negative or positive.
- Hậu quả của nó rất nghiêm trọng. (Its consequences are very serious.)
Synonyms
- Gây tai họa: to cause disaster.
- Để lại hậu quả nặng nề: to leave behind severe consequences.
- Gieo rắc hoạ: to sow disaster (more literary).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
This word is a single verb and does not commonly form phrasal verbs in Vietnamese. Its meaning is contained within the single term.
Related Idioms
- Gieo gió gặt bão: To sow the wind and reap the whirlwind; meaning one's bad actions will lead to severe consequences. This idiom shares the thematic idea of causing future misfortune.
- Những quyết định thiếu suy nghĩ hôm nay sẽ gieo gió gặt bão ngày mai. (Thoughtless decisions today will bring a whirlwind of trouble tomorrow.)
verb
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to bring misfortunes on
