From a cognitive perspective, this paper provides an in-depth analysis of theembedded adjectives in the structure of Chinese and Vietnamese quantitative nouns. Itemploys the theory of distance iconicity and image schema to reveal the cognitive strategiesof these languages. The conceptual components within the structure of numeral classifiersare close, and thus they should also be close in language form. Conversely, the conceptualcomponents in the structure of collective classifiers and container classifiers are distant fromeach other, and therefore, they can be separated in language form. Additionally, when theimage is perceived as a whole, the cognitive strategy of summary scanning is adopted. Whenthe image can be decomposed into processes, the cognitive approach of sequential scanningis adopted. There are many syntactic differences between Chinese and Vietnamese in suchstructures, but certain cognitive rules can still be identified. In the future, we will strive toprovide more comprehensive summaries and natural explanations of the language structuresof Chinese and Vietnamese, particularly the syntactic structures.From a cognitive perspective, this paper provides an in-depth analysis of theembedded adjectives in the structure of Chinese and Vietnamese quantitative nouns. Itemploys the theory of distance iconicity and image schema to reveal the cognitive strategiesof these languages. The conceptual components within the structure of numeral classifiersare close, and thus they should also be close in language form. Conversely, the conceptualcomponents in the structure of collective classifiers and container classifiers are distant fromeach other, and therefore, they can be separated in language form. Additionally, when theimage is perceived as a whole, the cognitive strategy of summary scanning is adopted. Whenthe image can be decomposed into processes, the cognitive approach of sequential scanningis adopted. There are many syntactic differences between Chinese and Vietnamese in suchstructures, but certain cognitive rules can still be identified. In the future, we will strive toprovide more comprehensive summaries and natural explanations of the language structuresof Chinese and Vietnamese, particularly the syntactic structures.