Definition

1. Verb:
   • To flock into; to converge upon; to crowd into: Describes a large number of people or things moving quickly and collectively toward a specific location or point, often creating a concentration.
   • To concentrate upon; to focus intensely on: Describes thoughts, attention, efforts, or resources being directed and gathered intensely onto a single subject, task, or goal.

Usage Examples

• Verb (physical movement):

  • Trời nóng quá, người ta đổ dồn vào các cửa hàng giải khát. (The weather was very hot, people flocked into the refreshment shops.)
  • Khi có bão, nước từ các con suối đổ dồn về sông lớn. (When there's a storm, water from the streams converges into the large river.)

• Verb (mental/abstract focus):

  • Ý nghĩa của nó đổ dồn vào một việc. (His thoughts concentrated on one thing.)
  • Cô ấy đổ dồn mọi nỗ lực để hoàn thành dự án đúng hạn. (She concentrated all her efforts to complete the project on time.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb often implies a sense of pressure, urgency, or intensity in the movement or focus. It is not used for slow or casual gathering.
• It can be used with abstract nouns like "trách nhiệm" (responsibility), "sự chú ý" (attention), or "nguồn lực" (resources) to describe their accumulation onto a single point.
  • Mọi trách nhiệm đổ dồn lên vai người quản lý mới. (All responsibility converged on the shoulders of the new manager.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dồn lại (v): to accumulate, to gather together. Focuses more on the state of being piled up rather than the dynamic movement.
  • Công việc dồn lại vào cuối tuần. (Work piled up at the end of the week.)
• Tập trung (v): to concentrate, to focus. A more general and common synonym, often interchangeable in the abstract sense but less vivid for physical crowding.
  • Học sinh tập trung trong sân trường. (The students gathered in the schoolyard.)

Synonyms

• Converge: to move toward one point or approach each other.
• Flock: to move or gather in a crowd.
• Concentrate: to focus all attention or resources on something.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Đổ dồn tâm sức: to concentrate one's mental and physical strength.
  • Anh ấy đổ dồn tâm sức cho trận đấu cuối cùng. (He concentrated all his strength for the final match.)
• Đổ dồn về: to flock/converge toward (a destination).
  • Khán giả đổ dồn về sân vận động. (Spectators flocked to the stadium.)

1. Flock into, concentrate upon
   • Trời nóng quá, người ta đổ dồn vào các cửa hàng giải khát
     As the weather was very hot, people flocked into refreshment rooms
   • ý nghĩa của nó đổ dồn vào một việc
     His thoughts concentrated on one thing