thủy lạo

Một cơn thủy lạo đã làm ngập đường phố.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Flood disaster: A calamity or severe damage caused by extensive flooding of an area, typically involving the overflow of water onto normally dry land.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau cơn bão, cả vùng chìm trong thủy lạo. (After the storm, the entire region was submerged in a flood disaster.)
  • Chính phủ đang cứu trợ các nạn nhân của trận thủy lạo. (The government is providing relief to the victims of the flood disaster.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "thủy lạo" is a formal and literary word, often found in historical texts, official reports, or news media to describe a major, destructive flood event. It is less common in everyday conversation, where words like "lũ lụt" or simply "lụt" are more frequently used.

Variants and Related Words

• Lũ lụt (n): flood, flooding. This is the more common and general term.

  • Lũ lụt gây thiệt hại nặng nề về mùa màng. (The flood caused heavy damage to the crops.)

• Nạn lụt (n): flood disaster. Very similar in meaning to "thủy lạo".

  • Nạn lụt đã cuốn trôi nhiều nhà cửa. (The flood disaster swept away many houses.)

Synonyms

• Inundation: A flood.
• Deluge: A severe flood; a heavy downpour of rain.
• Flood catastrophe: A disastrous flood event.

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom using "thủy lạo", a related concept is:
  • Lụt lội: (flooding) used to describe a state of widespread floods.

    • Mùa mưa năm nay, lụt lội khắp nơi. (This rainy season, there is flooding everywhere.)