The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for zooming video images, and belongs to video playing technology. The method may include: receiving a zoom request for zooming a current video frame while a video is being played; determining a zoom center point and a zoom ratio according to the zoom request; determining a target image area to be displayed in a playing window from the current video frame after zooming according to the zoom center point and the zoom ratio; and rendering, in the playing window, image content within the target image area of video frames subsequent to the current video frame when playing subsequent video frames. As such, a user is enabled to selectively zoom video frames according to the needs, thus can clearly see details in the video.