Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cause trouble or misfortune for future generations: To be the source of negative consequences, burdens, or suffering that will affect one's descendants or people in the future.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hành động phá rừng bừa bãi sẽ di lụy cho con cháu sau này. (Indiscriminate deforestation will cause trouble for future generations.)
  • Ông ấy lo sợ những quyết định sai lầm của mình có thể di lụy. (He fears his wrong decisions could bring misfortune upon future generations.)

Advanced Usage

• "di lụy đến": to cause trouble extending to (a specific group or time).
  • Sự ô nhiễm này không chỉ ảnh hưởng hiện tại mà còn di lụy đến nhiều thế hệ. (This pollution doesn't only affect the present but also causes lasting trouble for many generations.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lụy (Verb/Noun): To be entangled with/in; trouble, misfortune. (Note: While "lụy" is a component, "di lụy" is a fixed compound verb with a specific meaning.)
• Di hại (Verb): To leave behind harm or a damaging legacy. (A close synonym.)
• Hậu quả (Noun): Consequence, aftermath. (The result that may be "di lụy".)

Synonyms

• Gây họa cho tương lai: to cause disaster for the future.
• Để lại gánh nặng: to leave behind a burden.
• Truyền tai họa: to transmit calamity.

Notes on Meaning

• Figurative and Serious Connotation: "Di lụy" carries a heavy, solemn tone. It is typically used in formal, literary, or serious contexts (e.g., discussions about environmental damage, war consequences, profound moral failures) to describe actions whose severe negative impacts extend far into the future.
• Cause and Effect: The word emphasizes that a present action is the direct of future suffering. The trouble is not accidental but is inherited.

1. Make (cause) trouble for the comming generations