chặn tay
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To physically restrain someone's hand or arm: To hold back or prevent someone's hand from moving or acting.
- To stop or prevent someone from taking an action: To hinder or block someone from doing something, often forcefully or authoritatively.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Cảnh sát phải chặn tay tên cướp. (The police had to restrain the robber's hand.)
- Anh ấy định đánh nhau, nhưng bạn bè đã kịp thời chặn tay lại. (He intended to fight, but his friends promptly stopped him.)
- Không ai có thể chặn tay tiến bộ của khoa học. (No one can stop the progress of science.)
Advanced Usage
- "chặn tay" in a figurative/metaphorical sense: Used to describe preventing an abstract force, movement, or trend.
- Chính sách mới nhằm chặn tay làn sóng đầu cơ. (The new policy aims to curb the wave of speculation.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chặn (verb): To block, to obstruct, to stop.
- Chặn đường (to block the way)
- Chặn đứng (to stop dead, to halt completely)
- Cản (verb): To prevent, to hinder.
- Cản trở (to obstruct, to impede)
Synonyms
- Ngăn cản: To prevent, to hinder.
- Kìm hãm: To restrain, to hold back.
- Giữ lại: To hold back, to retain.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Chặn đứng: To stop dead, to bring to a complete halt.
- Quân đội đã chặn đứng cuộc tấn công. (The army stopped the attack dead.)
- Chặn lại: To block/stop something.
- Xin hãy chặn lại cái máy đó! (Please stop that machine!)
Related Idioms
- Chặn đầu chặn đuôi: To obstruct from start to finish; to block every possible way.
- Họ chặn đầu chặn đuôi không cho dự án được thông qua. (They blocked the project from being approved at every turn.)
- Chặn tay chặn chân: To tie someone's hands and feet; to completely restrict someone's freedom of action.
- Quy định rườm rà này chặn tay chặn chân các nhà kinh doanh. (These cumbersome regulations tie the hands and feet of businesspeople.)
- To stay the hands of
- chặn tay bọn hiếu chiếnto stay the hands of the warmongers