Definition

1. Noun:
   • The jaw or handle of a pair of pincers/pliers: The part of a tool, like pincers or pliers, that is used to grip, hold, or squeeze an object.
   • Pincer movement (military tactic): A military maneuver where two separate forces advance simultaneously from different directions to attack and surround an enemy target.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Tool):
  • Anh ta kẹp thanh sắt nóng đỏ bằng gọng kìm. (He gripped the red-hot iron rod with the jaws of the pincers.)
  • Chiếc gọng kìm của cái kìm bấm đã bị gãy. (The handle/jaw of the wire cutter is broken.)
• Noun (Military):
  • Quân đội sử dụng chiến thuật gọng kìm để bao vây địch. (The army used a pincer movement tactic to surround the enemy.)
  • Hai sư đoàn tiến công tạo thành một gọng kìm. (The two advancing divisions formed a pincer.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bị kẹp trong gọng kìm": To be caught in a pincer (movement); to be trapped between two opposing forces or pressures, not just militarily.
  • Công ty bị kẹp trong gọng kìm của đối thủ cạnh tranh và khó khăn kinh tế. (The company was caught in the pincer of competition and economic hardship.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kìm (n): Pliers, pincers. This is the main tool. refers specifically to its gripping parts.
• Càng (n): Claw, pincer (like of a crab). Can be used similarly for tools in informal contexts.
• Sự bao vây (n): Encirclement, siege. Describes the result of a successful pincer movement.

Synonyms

• (For the tool part): Jaws (of pliers), handles (of pincers).
• (For the military tactic): Pincer attack, envelopment, flanking maneuver.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Thế gọng kìm: A pincer position/situation. Describes being in a scenario where one is pressured from two sides.
  • Đội bóng rơi vào thế gọng kìm trước sự tấn công dồn dập của đối phương. (The football team fell into a pincer position under the opponent's relentless attacks.)

1. Pincers's handle, pincer' jaw
   • Cặp thanh sắt nung đỏ vào gọng kìm
     To grip a red hot iron rod between the jaws of a pair of pincers
2. Pincer movement
   • Tấn công đồn địch bằng hai gọng kìm
     To attack an ennemy post with a pincer movement