Definition

1. Verb:
   • To stage, to set up, to arrange a scene: The primary meaning refers to the act of arranging elements (props, actors, lighting) to create a specific scene, especially in theater, film, or photography.
   • To orchestrate, to fabricate a situation: A figurative meaning, often with a negative connotation, referring to the act of deceitfully planning and arranging a situation or event to trick someone or to create a false impression.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đạo diễn đang dàn cảnh cho cảnh quay quan trọng. (The director is staging the scene for the important shot.)
  • Cảnh sát nghi ngờ vụ tai nạn được dàn cảnh. (The police suspect the accident was staged.)
  • Hắn dàn cảnh một vụ trộm cắp để đổ tội cho người khác. (He orchestrated a theft to frame someone else.)

Advanced Usage

• "dàn cảnh cướp": to stage a robbery.
  • Bọn tội phạm dàn cảnh cướp ngân hàng rất tinh vi. (The criminals staged the bank robbery very sophisticatedly.)
• "dàn cảnh đánh nhau": to stage a fight.
  • Hai diễn viên đang được dàn cảnh đánh nhau. (The two actors are having their fight scene staged.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự dàn cảnh (noun): The staging; the act or process of setting up a scene.
  • Sự dàn cảnh của bộ phim rất công phu. (The film's staging is very elaborate.)
• Cảnh dàn (less common noun): A staged scene.
• Dựng cảnh (verb): A near-synonym meaning to set up/build a scene, often used in film/theater contexts.

Synonyms

• Sắp đặt: to arrange, to set up (neutral or general term).
• Bố trí: to arrange, to deploy (often for practical or strategic purposes).
• Dàn dựng: to stage, to produce (a performance, often broader than just a scene).
• Bài binh bố trận (idiomatic): to deploy forces in battle formation; used figuratively for elaborate planning/orchestration.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a Vietnamese verb, 'dàn cảnh' does not combine with particles to form phrasal verbs in the same way English verbs do. Its meanings are modified through context and object nouns.

Related Idioms

• "Dàn cảnh lừa đảo": to orchestrate a fraud/scam.
  • Nhóm này chuyên dàn cảnh lừa đảo người già. (This group specializes in orchestrating scams targeting the elderly.)
• "Dàn cảnh giả": to set up a fake scene/situation.
  • Đó chỉ là một cảnh dàn cảnh giả để quay phim. (That is just a fake staged scene for filming.)

verb

1. to stage
   • sự dàn cảnh
     The staging