Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Charming; dazzling beautiful: "diễm lệ" describes a beauty that is radiant, splendid, and captivating, often with a sense of brilliance and elegance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy có vẻ đẹp thật diễm lệ. (She possesses a truly dazzling beauty.)
  • Cảnh hoàng hôn trên biển thật diễm lệ. (The sunset over the sea is charmingly beautiful.)
  • Tòa lâu đài hiện ra diễm lệ dưới ánh đèn. (The castle appeared dazzlingly beautiful under the lights.)

Advanced Usage

• "diễm lệ" in literary descriptions: Often used in poetry and literature to describe a sublime, almost ethereal beauty.
  • Vẻ diễm lệ của thiên nhiên nơi đây khiến lòng người say đắm. (The dazzling beauty of nature here makes people's hearts enchanted.)

Variants and Related Words

• Diễm (adj/root): Often found in compounds related to beauty, e.g., (beautiful and charming), (a beautiful blessing/happiness). Note: These are separate compound words.
• Lệ (adj/root): Often found in compounds related to beauty or elegance, e.g., (magnificent, gorgeous), (pretty and neat). Note: These are separate compound words.

Synonyms

• Lộng lẫy: Magnificent, gorgeous (emphasizes splendor).
• Rực rỡ: Brilliant, radiant (emphasizes brightness).
• Kiều diễm: Beautiful and graceful.

Antonyms

• Xấu xí: Ugly.
  • Cô ấy không hề xấu xí, trái lại còn rất diễm lệ. (She is not ugly at all; on the contrary, she is very dazzlingly beautiful.)
• Tầm thường: Ordinary, plain.
  • Vẻ đẹp của cô ấy vượt xa sự tầm thường, nó thực sự diễm lệ. (Her beauty far surpasses the ordinary; it is truly charming.)

adj

1. charming; dazzling beautiful