khép kín
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Closed, self-contained: Describes a system, space, or entity that is complete within itself, with limited or no external interaction or openings. It often implies being shut off from the outside.
- Sealed, shut: Describes something that is physically closed or fastened.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Căn hộ khép kín có đầy đủ tiện nghi như bếp và phòng tắm riêng. (A self-contained flat has full amenities like a private kitchen and bathroom.)
- Cô ấy sống một cuộc sống khép kín, ít giao tiếp với hàng xóm. (She lives a closed-off life, rarely interacting with neighbors.)
- Sau cuộc họp, cửa phòng được khép kín lại. (After the meeting, the door was shut closed.)
Advanced Usage
- "Hệ thống khép kín": A closed system (e.g., in engineering, ecology).
- Vũ trụ có thể được xem như một hệ thống khép kín. (The universe can be considered a closed system.)
- "Tính cách khép kín": A reserved or introverted personality.
- Anh ấy có tính cách khép kín nên rất ít bạn. (He has a reserved personality, so he has very few friends.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khép (verb): to close (e.g., a door, a book, one's eyes).
- Cô ấy khép cửa lại nhẹ nhàng. (She closed the door gently.)
- Đóng kín (adjective/phrase): shut tight, sealed.
- Chiếc hộp được đóng kín. (The box was sealed shut.)
Synonyms
- Kín đáo: discreet, private (often for behavior or information).
- Biệt lập: isolated, secluded (emphasizing physical separation).
- Tự túc: self-sufficient (emphasizing not needing external help).
Related Phrases
- Sống khép kín: to live a secluded/withdrawn life.
- Người nghệ sĩ ấy sống khép kín trong ngôi nhà trên núi. (That artist lives a secluded life in a mountain house.)
- Khép kín cửa lòng: to close one's heart (to be emotionally withdrawn).
- Sau khi tan vỡ, cô ấy khép kín cửa lòng. (After the breakup, she closed her heart.)
Related Idioms
- Khép lại quá khứ: to close the past (to move on from past events).
- Đã đến lúc khép lại quá khứ và hướng tới tương lai. (It's time to close the past and look toward the future.) (Note: This idiom uses "khép lại," a phrasal verb form of "khép," and is included here due to its conceptual and structural closeness to "khép kín.")
- Closed, self-contained
- Căn hộ khép kínA self-contained flat