khai thông
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Definition
- Verb:
- To clear, to free from obstruction: The primary meaning refers to the action of removing obstacles or blockages to make something passable or functional again.
- To open up, to make accessible: It can also mean to develop or create a new passage, route, or channel, making circulation or transportation possible.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công nhân đang khai thông một con đường bị sạt lở. (Workers are clearing a road blocked by a landslide.)
- Dự án này nhằm khai thông tuyến giao thông kết nối hai tỉnh. (This project aims to open up a traffic route connecting two provinces.)
- Kỹ sư đề xuất phương án khai thông cống ngầm bị tắc. (The engineer proposed a plan to clear the clogged sewer.)
Advanced Usage
- "khai thông tư tưởng": to enlighten, to free someone's mind (from misconceptions or rigid thinking). This is a figurative use.
- Buổi nói chuyện đã giúp khai thông tư tưởng cho nhiều sinh viên. (The talk helped enlighten many students.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thông suốt (adj): clear, unobstructed, smooth (often for traffic, communication, or thought).
- Sau khi được khai thông, mọi hoạt động đã trở nên thông suốt. (After being cleared, all operations became smooth.)
- Khai mở (v): to open up, to pioneer (often used in abstract contexts like knowledge or new fields).
- Nhà khoa học khai mở một hướng nghiên cứu mới. (The scientist opened up a new research direction.)
Synonyms
- Thông thoáng: to ventilate, to make airy; (figuratively) to make less restrictive.
- Giải tỏa: to relieve, to ease (congestion, pressure); to clear (an area).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: As a compound verb, "khai thông" itself functions as a phrasal unit. Related phrases often involve its direct object. - Khai thông đường đi: to clear a path/road. - Khai thông dòng chảy: to clear/unblock a water flow.
Related Idioms
- "Khai thông kinh mạch": (literally: to clear the meridians). This originates from traditional medicine and is used figuratively to mean resolving a critical blockage in a system or process, allowing energy or resources to flow smoothly again.
- Việc đầu tư vào hạ tầng giống như khai thông kinh mạch cho nền kinh tế. (Investing in infrastructure is like clearing the meridians for the economy.)
- Clear,free (something) of obstruction
- Khai thông con kênhTo clear a canal of obstruction