tệ đoan
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Definition
Noun: - Social evil / corrupt practice: A harmful custom, activity, or behavior that is considered morally wrong and damaging to society. It refers to widespread vice or a detrimental societal phenomenon.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Chính quyền đang nỗ lực bài trừ các tệ đoan xã hội. (The government is trying to eradicate social evils.)
- Cờ bạc là một tệ đoan cần được loại bỏ. (Gambling is a social evil that needs to be eliminated.)
- Mọi tệ đoan trong bộ máy hành chính phải bị lên án. (All corrupt practices within the administrative apparatus must be condemned.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in formal, journalistic, or administrative contexts to discuss serious societal problems requiring collective or governmental action.
- It can be used to describe both non-criminal but harmful societal habits (e.g., superstition) and illegal, corrupt activities.
Variants and Related Words
- Tệ nạn (n): social evil, scourge. Often used interchangeably with "tệ đoan," but "tệ nạn" can sometimes imply a more ingrained or addictive problem (e.g., drug addiction).
- Tệ nạn ma túy là mối nguy lớn. (Drug addiction is a great danger.)
Synonyms
- Social vice: A practice or habit considered immoral or degrading in a society.
- Societal ill: A problem that causes harm within a society.
- Corruption: Dishonest or fraudulent conduct, especially by those in power.
Related Idioms
- Bài trừ tệ đoan: to eradicate/eliminate social evils.
- Chiến dịch bài trừ tệ đoan đã được phát động. (A campaign to eradicate social evils has been launched.)
noun
- social evil, corrupt practices