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Definition
Side effect, especially the negative effects of a drug or treatment.
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How it's used
While often used for medicine, this term is frequently applied metaphorically to any unintended negative consequence of a policy, decision, or action. It carries a clinical or analytical tone, suggesting that the outcome was an unavoidable byproduct of the primary intent.
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This medicine has strong side effects; I feel dizzy after taking it.
Do you know what the side effects of this treatment are?
Related words
Common phrases
have significant side effects
to produce side effects
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse this with 後遺症, which refers specifically to a long-term health condition that persists after an illness or injury has otherwise resolved, rather than an immediate reaction to a current treatment.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
