phải lại
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Definition
Verb phrase: - To have a relapse / to suffer a relapse: To become ill again with the same disease shortly after having recovered or appeared to have recovered. It indicates a setback in health.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Bệnh nhân vừa xuất viện đã phải lại. (The patient had a relapse right after being discharged from the hospital.)
- Anh ấy cảm thấy khỏe hơn, nhưng lo sợ sẽ phải lại. (He felt better but was afraid he would suffer a relapse.)
- Trời trở lạnh khiến nhiều người ốm phải lại. (The cold weather caused many sick people to relapse.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is almost exclusively used in the context of health and illness. It carries a connotation of misfortune or an unwanted return of the sickness.
- It can sometimes be used metaphorically for a return to a negative habit or situation, though this is less common.
Variants and Related Words
- Tái phát (v): to recur, to relapse (a more formal or medical term).
- Cơn đau đầu của cô ấy đã tái phát. (Her headache has recurred.)
Synonyms
- Relapse: to fall back into illness after partial recovery.
- Have a setback: (in health) to experience a worsening after improvement.
- Fall ill again: to become sick another time with the same ailment.
Related Idioms
- Ốm lại (v): to be/become sick again. This is a simpler, more general phrase.
- Cháu bé mới khỏi sốt hôm qua, hôm nay đã ốm lại. (The child just recovered from a fever yesterday but is sick again today.)
- have (suffer) a relapse