Definition

1. Verb:
   • To frame: To place something within a physical or structural border, such as putting a picture in a frame.
   • To confine / To circumscribe: To limit or restrict something (like a topic, thought, or activity) within a specific, often narrow, scope or framework.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đóng khung bức ảnh gia đình. (He framed the family photo.)
  • Đừng đóng khung suy nghĩ của bạn trong những quy tắc cũ. (Don't confine your thinking within old rules.)
  • Cuộc thảo luận bị đóng khung trong ba chủ đề chính. (The discussion was circumscribed to three main topics.)

Advanced Usage

• "đóng khung vấn đề": to frame/define the issue.
  • Trước khi tranh luận, chúng ta cần đóng khung vấn đề rõ ràng. (Before debating, we need to clearly frame the issue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khung (n): frame, framework.

  • Khung cửa sổ bằng gỗ. (The window frame is made of wood.)

• Giới hạn (v): to limit.

  • Giới hạn thời gian thảo luận. (To limit the discussion time.)

Synonyms

• Enframe: To put into a frame.
• Encircle: To surround.
• Restrict: To keep within limits.

Related Idioms

• Bó khung: to be rigidly confined (similar in meaning to 'đóng khung' in a figurative sense).
  • Sáng tạo không nên bị bó khung. (Creativity should not be rigidly confined.)

verb

1. to enframe, to circle, to enclose