hoặc thu hẹp

/hwaʔt hū hɛ̀p/

or narrow down / or reduce the scope of

Chúng ta có thể chọn chủ đề hoặc thu hẹp phạm vi nghiên cứu để dễ làm hơn.

We can either pick a topic or narrow down the research scope to make it easier.

Etymology

This is a Vietnamese compound phrase: "hoặc" means "or" (derived from Middle Vietnamese via classical Chinese loanwords), and "thu hẹp" combines "thu" (gather, narrow) and "hẹp" (tight, narrow), both native Vietnamese words with roots in Old Vietnamese linguistic strata.

Memory Aid

Think of "thu hẹp" like "gather tight": "thu" sounds like "to suck in" your focus, and "hẹp" rhymes with "hep" as in "hep tight" to make something smaller.

Collocations

phạm vichủ đềdanh sách

Synonyms

or cut downor restrictor scale back

Antonyms

or expandor widenor broaden

Related Words

hoặcthu hẹpphạm vi nghiên cứu