Definition

1. Verb:
   • To happen again, to re-occur, to repeat: Refers to an event, situation, or action occurring another time, often after a period has passed. It is frequently used for undesirable or negative events.
   • To be re-staged, to be performed again: Used in the context of arts and entertainment, meaning a play, show, or performance is presented to an audience once more.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to re-occur):
  • Mong rằng sai lầm đó sẽ không tái diễn. (Let's hope that mistake does not happen again.)
  • Tình trạng ùn tắc giao thông tái diễn vào giờ cao điểm. (The traffic congestion re-occurs during rush hour.)
• Verb (to be re-staged):
  • Vở kịch thành công sẽ được tái diễn vào tuần tới. (The successful play will be performed again next week.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a negative connotation when referring to events, implying the recurrence of something problematic, dangerous, or unfortunate that should be prevented.
  • Chính phủ tìm cách ngăn chặn thảm họa tái diễn. (The government seeks to prevent the disaster from recurring.)

Variants and Related Words

• Diễn ra (v): to take place, to happen (the base verb for an event occurring).
  • Buổi họp sẽ diễn ra vào lúc 9 giờ. (The meeting will take place at 9 o'clock.)
• Lặp lại (v): to repeat (can refer to both actions and events, but is more general and can be used for neutral or positive repetition).
  • Xin hãy lặp lại câu hỏi. (Please repeat the question.)

Synonyms

• Re-occur: to happen another time.
• Recur: to happen repeatedly or periodically.
• Repeat: to do or happen again.

Related Idioms

• Tái diễn cảnh cũ: Literally "the old scene re-occurs," meaning a past (usually negative) situation is repeating itself.
  • Hai công ty lại tranh chấp, tái diễn cảnh cũ từ năm ngoái. (The two companies are in dispute again, repeating the old scene from last year.)

verb

1. happen again, to re-occur