bịnh quỉ thuốc tiên
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Meaning · English
A bad situation can be made better with the right solution
Literally: devil's disease, fairy's medicine
Examples
Sau một thời gian lo lắng, cuối cùng cũng tìm được giải pháp cho vấn đề này, thật là bịnh quỉ thuốc tiênAfter a while of worrying, we finally found a solution to this problem, it's really a case of devil's disease, fairy's medicine
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “bịnh quỉ thuốc tiên” mean?
A bad situation can be made better with the right solution Literally: devil's disease, fairy's medicine
Is “bịnh quỉ thuốc tiên” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.