Definition

1. Verb:
   • To coerce, to put under restraint, to place under duress: "kiềm hoả" means to use force, pressure, or authority to control, suppress, or restrict someone or something, preventing free action or expression.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính quyền tìm cách kiềm hoả các cuộc biểu tình. (The government seeks to coerce/put under restraint the protests.)
  • Họ bị kiềm hoả bởi những quy định khắt khe. (They are placed under duress by the strict regulations.)

Advanced Usage

• "sống trong vòng kiềm hoả": to live under restraint/duress.
  • Người dân phải sống trong vòng kiềm hoả của chế độ độc tài. (The people had to live under the duress of the dictatorial regime.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kiềm chế (verb): to restrain, to control (often oneself or one's emotions).
  • Anh ấy phải kiềm chế cơn giận. (He had to restrain his anger.)
• Kiềm toả (verb): to restrain, to confine, to shackle (similar in meaning to "kiềm hoả").
  • Sống trong vùng bị kiềm toả. (To live in a restrained/confined zone.)

Synonyms

• Đàn áp: to suppress, to oppress.
• Kìm kẹp: to clamp down on, to hold in check.
• Ép buộc: to compel, to force.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As "kiềm hoả" is a compound verb in Vietnamese, it does not have phrasal verb constructions in the same way English verbs do. The concept is contained within the single term.

Related Idioms

• "Bị kiềm hoả tứ phía": to be coerced/restrained from all sides.
  • Công ty mới khởi nghiệp bị kiềm hoả tứ phía bởi các đối thủ và quy định. (The new startup was coerced from all sides by competitors and regulations.)

1. Coerce, put under restraint, place under duress
   • Sống trong vòng kiềm toả ở vùng bị địch chiếm
     To live under restraint (duress) in the enemy - occupied zone