tốt thuốc
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having access to good or effective medicine: Describes a situation where one possesses or can obtain medicine that is of high quality or particularly suitable for treating an illness.
- Effectively treatable due to available medicine: Indicates that an illness or condition can be cured or alleviated because the correct or potent medicine is accessible.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bệnh này phải tốt thuốc mới mong khỏi. (This illness requires good medicine to have hope of recovery.)
- May mà bệnh viện ở đây tốt thuốc, nên bệnh nhân hồi phục nhanh. (Fortunately, the hospital here has good medicine, so patients recover quickly.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often implies a conditional or fortunate state. It is frequently used in contexts discussing recovery from sickness, emphasizing that the availability of proper treatment is a key factor.
- Căn bệnh ấy không phải nan y, chỉ cần tốt thuốc là sẽ đỡ. (That disease is not incurable; it just requires good medicine to get better.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thuốc men (n): medicine, medications (general term).
- Thuốc men ở vùng này rất thiếu. (Medicine is very scarce in this region.)
- Có thuốc tốt (phrase): to have good medicine (a more literal and common phrasing).
- Bác sĩ nói quan trọng là phải có thuốc tốt. (The doctor said the important thing is to have good medicine.)
Synonyms
- Well-medicated: Having an adequate supply of effective drugs.
- Having effective treatment: Possessing a therapeutic regimen that works.
Related Idioms
- Tiền trao cháo múc: A Vietnamese idiom meaning a direct, immediate exchange (like "cash and carry"). It is conceptually related in contexts where obtaining "tốt thuốc" might involve direct payment or transaction.
- Muốn tốt thuốc nhanh chóng đôi khi theo kiểu tiền trao cháo múc. (Wanting good medicine quickly sometimes follows a direct cash-and-carry style.)