Definition

1. Verb:
   • To surround and press in / to close in: The primary meaning of "vây dồn" is to encircle a target (like an animal or person) and then gradually move closer, tightening the encirclement to trap or capture it. It implies a coordinated, pressing action from all sides.
   • To corner / to trap: It describes forcing someone or something into a confined or inescapable position through strategic pressure.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Thợ săn vây dồn con lợn rừng. (The hunters closed in on the wild boar.)
  • Cảnh sát vây dồn tên tội phạm vào một góc đường. (The police cornered the criminal at a street corner.)
  • Đội quân địch bị vây dồn vào trong thành. (The enemy army was trapped inside the fortress.)

Advanced Usage

• "vây dồn tâm lý": to psychologically corner someone.
  • Những câu hỏi của luật sư nhằm vây dồn tâm lý bị cáo. (The lawyer's questions were designed to psychologically corner the defendant.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vây (v): to surround, to encircle.

  • Lính vây quanh tòa nhà. (Soldiers surrounded the building.)

• Dồn (v): to press, to push, to force into a tight spot.

  • Dồn đối thủ vào thế bí. (To force an opponent into a dead end.)

Synonyms

• To encircle and press: to surround and apply pressure.
• To corner: to force into a place or situation from which escape is difficult.
• To trap: to catch or confine.

Related Idioms

• Vây dồn bốn phía: to close in from all sides.
  • Kẻ thù vây dồn bốn phía, không lối thoát. (The enemy closed in from all sides, with no way out.)