Definition

1. Verb:

   • To accumulate; to gather; to concentrate: To bring multiple things or forces together into one place or point.
   • To drive; to force; to press: To compel someone or something into a confined space, position, or situation.
   • To occur in rapid succession: For events or actions to happen one after another in quick sequence.

2. Adverb:

   • In rapid succession; hurriedly: Describes actions performed quickly and one after another.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to accumulate/concentrate):

  • Cô ấy dồn hết tâm trí vào công việc. (She concentrated all her mind on the work.)
  • Dồn tiền để mua nhà. (To save up money to buy a house.)

• Verb (to drive/force):

  • Bị dồn vào chân tường. (To be driven into a corner.)
  • Cơn bão dồn nước biển vào bờ. (The storm drove the seawater ashore.)

• Verb (to occur in succession):

  • Tin xấu cứ dồn dập đến. (Bad news just kept coming in rapid succession.)

• Adverb:

  • Phóng viên hỏi dồn ứng viên. (The reporters fired questions at the candidate in rapid succession.)

Advanced Usage

• "dồn nén": to suppress, to repress (often feelings or emotions).

  • Anh ấy dồn nén cơn giận. (He suppressed his anger.)

• "dồn dập": (adverb/adjective) incessantly, in a rapid and continuous stream.

  • Những cơn mưa dồn dập. (The incessant rains.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dồn ép (v): to coerce, to pressure.

  • Không nên dồn ép trẻ con học quá nhiều. (You shouldn't pressure children to study too much.)

• Dồn của (v): to amass wealth or property.

  • Kẻ tham nhũng dồn của bất chính. (The corrupt official amassed ill-gotten wealth.)

Synonyms

• Accumulate: to gather or pile up.
• Concentrate: to focus or bring to a common point.
• Corner: to force into a difficult position.
• Press: to urge or force action.

Related Idioms

• Dồn điếm đuổi: (often "dồn đuổi") to chase and harass relentlessly.

  • Cảnh sát dồn đuổi tên tội phạm. (The police relentlessly pursued the criminal.)

• Thế cùng lực dồn: to be at the end of one's rope; to be cornered and exhausted.

  • Công ty thế cùng lực dồn, sắp phá sản. (The company is at the end of its rope and about to go bankrupt.)

verb

1. to accumulate; to gather
   • dồn hết tâm trí
     to gather up one's thoughts
2. To drive into
   • bị dồn vàochân tường
     to be driven a corner
3. To cram, to stuff