Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hamper, to hinder, to obstruct: To create difficulties or obstacles that slow down or prevent an action, process, or person's progress.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mình không thích thì thôi, đừng ngăn trở người khác. (If you don't like it, fine, but don't hinder others.)
  • Thời tiết xấu ngăn trở việc thi công. (Bad weather hampered the construction work.)
  • Đừng để cảm xúc cá nhân ngăn trở công việc. (Don't let personal emotions obstruct the work.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb often implies an active or passive interference that creates a significant barrier, not just a minor delay.
• It can be used in both concrete contexts (e.g., physical obstacles) and abstract contexts (e.g., hindering plans or progress).

Variants and Related Words

• Ngăn cản (v): to prevent, to stop. Often used interchangeably with "ngăn trở," but "ngăn cản" can imply a stronger, more direct action to stop something completely.
  • Không gì có thể ngăn cản được cô ấy. (Nothing could stop her.)
• Cản trở (v): to obstruct, to impede. Very similar in meaning and usage to "ngăn trở."
  • Luật mới này sẽ cản trở thương mại. (This new law will impede trade.)

Synonyms

• Hinder: To create difficulties, resulting in delay or obstruction.
• Hamper: To hinder the movement or progress of.
• Obstruct: To block or get in the way of.
• Impede: To delay or prevent by creating an obstacle.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Ngăn trở bước tiến: to hinder/block progress.
  • Tham nhũng là một lực lượng ngăn trở bước tiến của quốc gia. (Corruption is a force that hinders the nation's progress.)

1. Hamper, hinder
   • Mình không thích thì thôi, đừng ngắn trở người khác
     If one does not like something, it is no reason why one should hamper others