thông bệnh
Definition
- Noun:
- Common fault; prevalent vice; habitual defect: An undesirable habit, character flaw, or moral shortcoming that is widespread among a group of people or common in a particular context. This term is considered archaic in modern Vietnamese.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tự do vô kỷ luật là thông bệnh của những phần tử kém tiến bộ. (Unrestrained freedom is a common fault among less progressive individuals.)
- Thông bệnh của một số thanh niên là lười biếng. (A prevalent vice among some young people is laziness.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "thông bệnh" is primarily found in classical or formal literary texts and is rarely used in contemporary everyday speech. It carries a critical or moralizing tone, pointing out a collective societal flaw.
Variants and Related Words
- Tật xấu (n): bad habit, vice. (A more common modern synonym).
- Thói hư (n): bad habit, defect.
- Khuynh hướng xấu (n): bad tendency.
Synonyms
- Common vice
- Prevalent defect
- Widespread shortcoming
- Habitual fault
Related Idioms
- While "thông bệnh" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it conceptually relates to the idea of a "căn bệnh chung" (common disease/illness) of society or a group.