chặn đầu
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Definition
- Verb:
- To block (an advance), to check (an advance): To physically or strategically obstruct someone or something from moving forward or progressing.
- To intercept, to cut off: To stop someone or something by getting in their way, especially at the beginning of their movement or plan.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát đã chặn đầu tên trộm khi hắn định bỏ chạy. (The police blocked the thief at the start when he tried to run away.)
- Đội nhà cần có chiến thuật chặn đầu đường tấn công của đối thủ. (The home team needs a tactic to check the advance of the opponent's attack.)
- Họ tìm cách chặn đầu nguồn cung nguyên liệu. (They sought to cut off the source of material supply at its origin.)
Advanced Usage
"chặn đầu... tại...": to block/cut off... at...
- Chúng tôi chặn đầu đoàn xe tại ngã tư. (We cut off the convoy at the intersection.)
Used in strategic, competitive, or conflict contexts (sports, business, military) to describe preemptive or early-stage obstruction.
Variants and Related Words
- Chặn (verb): to block, to obstruct. A more general term.
- Chặn đường (to block the road)
- Chặn đứng (verb): to stop completely, to halt.
- Chặn đứng cuộc tấn công (to halt the attack)
- Đánh chặn (verb): to intercept (often used in military/aviation contexts).
- Đánh chặn tên lửa (to intercept a missile)
Synonyms
- Ngăn chặn: to prevent, to obstruct.
- Cản đường: to block the way.
- Chặn lại: to stop, to block.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same structure as English. The concept is expressed through verb + complement/object combinations. - Chặn đầu... lại: to block... at the start (emphasizing the stopping action). - Anh ta chặn đầu tôi lại để hỏi đường. (He stopped me right at the beginning to ask for directions.)
Related Idioms
- Chặn đầu chặn đuôi: to block at both the start and the end; to completely encircle or trap.
- Bị chặn đầu chặn đuôi, tên cướp đành phải đầu hàng. (Blocked at both ends, the robber had to surrender.)
- Block (check) an advance
- Đánh chặn đầuTo chack the enemy's advance