khuôn mẫu
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Definition
- 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
- model, pattern