Definition

1. Noun (Danh từ):
   • A set of clothes, an outfit: Refers to a complete set of clothing worn together, often implying it is one's best or finest attire.
   • (Colloquial) Sunday best, one's finest clothes: Used informally to describe a fancy, new, or particularly nice set of clothes, typically worn on special occasions.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy diện một bộ cánh mới để đi dự tiệc. (She is sporting a new outfit to go to the party.)
  • Anh ấy khoe bộ cánh vừa mua với bạn bè. (He showed off the new set of clothes he just bought to his friends.)
  • Đám cưới là dịp để mặc bộ cánh đẹp nhất. (A wedding is an occasion to wear one's finest clothes.)

Advanced Usage

• "bộ cánh mới": new outfit / new Sunday best.
  • Đứa trẻ thích thú với bộ cánh mới của nó. (The child is delighted with its new Sunday best.)
• "thắng bộ cánh mới" / "diện bộ cánh mới": to sport one's new outfit; to wear/show off one's new clothes.
  • Cậu bé thắng bộ cánh mới đi chơi Tết. (The boy sported his new Sunday best to go out during Tet.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trang phục (n): attire, costume (more formal term for clothing).
• Bộ đồ (n): set of clothes, suit (a more neutral term for an outfit).
• Cánh (n): In this compound, it colloquially means "clothes" or "get-up." Note: The word "cánh" alone primarily means "wing" or "side."

Synonyms

• Quần áo đẹp: nice/fine clothes.
• Lễ phục: ceremonial dress, formal wear (more specific to formal occasions).

Related Phrases

• Sắm bộ cánh mới: to buy/get a new outfit.
  • Cô ấy đi sắm bộ cánh mới cho buổi phỏng vấn. (She went to buy a new outfit for the interview.)

Related Idioms

• Người đẹp vì lụa: The clothes make the man. (This idiom emphasizes the importance of fine clothing, related to the concept of "bộ cánh" making one look good.)
  • Đúng là người đẹp vì lụa, anh ấy trông bảnh bao hơn hẳn trong bộ cánh mới. (It's true that clothes make the man, he looks much more dashing in his new outfit.)

1. (thông tục) Sunday clothes, Sunday best
   • thắng bộ cánh mới
     to sport one's new Sunday best