Definition

1. Verb:
   • To treat an illness / to cure a disease: The primary meaning of "trị bệnh" is to apply medical methods to cure a patient or to combat a specific disease.
   • To remedy / to correct a fault: In a figurative sense, "trị bệnh" can mean to identify and correct a flaw, error, or negative tendency within a system, organization, or person's behavior.

Usage Examples

• Verb (Medical):
  • Bác sĩ đang trị bệnh cho bệnh nhân. (The doctor is treating the patient's illness.)
  • Thuốc này dùng để trị bệnh cảm cúm. (This medicine is used to treat the flu.)
• Verb (Figurative):
  • Cuộc chỉnh huấn nhằm trị bệnh quan liêu trong bộ máy. (The rectification campaign aims to cure the disease of bureaucracy within the apparatus.)

Advanced Usage

• "trị bệnh cứu người": to treat illness and save people (a common motto in medicine).
  • Lương y như từ mẫu, phải luôn nhớ mục đích trị bệnh cứu người. (A good physician is like a mother; they must always remember the goal of treating illness to save people.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chữa bệnh (v): to treat/cure an illness. Often used interchangeably with "trị bệnh" in the medical context.
  • Bệnh viện này chuyên chữa bệnh về tim. (This hospital specializes in treating heart disease.)
• Điều trị (v): to provide treatment/therapy (often for a course of treatment).
  • Bệnh nhân đang điều trị nội trú. (The patient is undergoing inpatient treatment.)
• Trị liệu (v/n): to therapy / therapy.
  • Vật lý trị liệu rất hiệu quả cho phục hồi chức năng. (Physical therapy is very effective for rehabilitation.)

Synonyms

• Treat: to give medical care.
• Cure: to eliminate a disease.
• Remedy: to set right or correct.

Related Idioms

• Trị bệnh tận gốc: to treat an illness at its root / to get to the root of a problem.
  • Chúng ta phải tìm cách trị bệnh tận gốc, không chỉ giảm triệu chứng. (We must find a way to cure the disease at its root, not just alleviate the symptoms.)