Definition

1. Noun (less commonly used):
   • Rippling tail (of a wave): The small, lingering waves or ripples that remain after a larger wave has passed or broken.
   • Lingering tremor (of some upheaval): The continuing effects, echoes, or aftershocks of a significant event, emotion, or disturbance, felt long after the main event has concluded.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sóng đã vỗ rồi, chỉ còn lại dư ba. (The wave has crashed, only its rippling tail remains.)
  • Sau trận động đất, dư ba vẫn còn kéo dài. (After the earthquake, the lingering tremors still continued.)
  • Cuộc chia tay để lại nhiều dư ba trong lòng cô ấy. (The breakup left many lingering tremors in her heart.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in literary, poetic, or formal contexts to describe subtle, persistent aftereffects, whether physical or emotional. It conveys a sense of something that fades slowly rather than ending abruptly.

Variants and Related Words

• Dư âm (n): Resonance, echo, lingering sound. Often used interchangeably with for metaphorical aftereffects, especially of sounds or feelings.
  • Dư âm của bản nhạc vẫn còn vang vọng. (The resonance of the music still echoes.)

Synonyms

• Aftermath: The consequences or effects of a significant event.
• Reverberation: A continuing effect or echo.
• Aftershock: A smaller shock following a main seismic event; can be used metaphorically.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used in similar figurative constructions as .
  • Để lại dư ba: To leave a lingering impact.

    • Sự kiện lịch sử đó để lại dư ba sâu sắc. (That historical event left a profound lingering impact.)

1. (ít dùng) Rippling tail (of a wave); lingering tremor (of some upheaval)