Definition

1. Noun:
   • A model or pattern: A standard, example, or template that is used as a guide for making or judging something else. It represents an ideal or typical form.
   • A stereotype or mould: A fixed, often oversimplified and widely held idea or image of a particular type of person, thing, or role in society.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy là khuôn mẫu của một lãnh đạo giỏi. (She is the model of a good leader.)
  • Chiếc bánh được làm ra từ một khuôn mẫu bằng gỗ. (The cake was made from a wooden mold.)
  • Chúng ta không nên áp đặt khuôn mẫu giới tính lên trẻ em. (We should not impose gender stereotypes on children.)

Advanced Usage

• "khuôn mẫu xã hội": social stereotype or norm.

  • Anh ấy cảm thấy ngột ngạt vì những khuôn mẫu xã hội. (He feels suffocated by social norms.)

• "thoát khỏi khuôn mẫu": to break the mold / to defy stereotypes.

  • Nhà thiết kế trẻ luôn muốn thoát khỏi khuôn mẫu cũ. (The young designer always wants to break the old mold.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khuôn (n): a physical frame, mold, or form.

  • khuôn bánh (cake pan/mold).

• Mẫu (n): a sample, specimen, or model.

  • mẫu thiết kế (design sample).

Synonyms

• Model: a standard for imitation.
• Pattern: a repeated decorative design or a model used as a guide.
• Stereotype: a fixed and oversimplified image or idea.
• Archetype: a very typical example.
• Template: a shaped piece used as a pattern.

Related Idioms

• "Đúc theo một khuôn mẫu": to be cast from the same mold; to be very similar or conformist.
  • Các tòa nhà mới xây trông như đúc theo một khuôn mẫu. (The newly built buildings look like they were cast from the same mold.)

noun

1. model, pattern