dịch lệ
Definition
- Noun (Archaic):
- Epidemic / Pestilence: A widespread outbreak of a contagious and often severe infectious disease that causes high mortality within a population or region. This term is primarily found in classical or historical texts.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Thời xưa, dịch lệ thường cướp đi sinh mạng của hàng ngàn người. (In ancient times, pestilence often claimed the lives of thousands.)
- Sử sách ghi chép về một trận dịch lệ khủng khiếp. (Historical records document a terrible epidemic.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is almost exclusively used in a historical, literary, or formal context. In modern Vietnamese, the common word for "epidemic" is "dịch bệnh" or simply "dịch".
Variants and Related Words
Dịch (n): epidemic, pandemic. The modern, general term.
- dịch COVID-19 (the COVID-19 pandemic)
Dịch bệnh (n): disease epidemic. The standard contemporary compound.
- kiểm soát dịch bệnh (disease control)
Đại dịch (n): pandemic (a very widespread epidemic).
- đại dịch cúm (influenza pandemic)
Synonyms
- Epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease.
- Pestilence: a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
- Plague: a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium.
Related Idioms
- Tai ương dịch lệ: A calamity of pestilence. This phrase describes epidemic disease as a great disaster or scourge.
- Vùng đất đó từng hứng chịu tai ương dịch lệ. (That land once suffered the calamity of pestilence.)