gót tiền
Definition
- Noun (Literary, Archaic):
- Fairy feet / Dainty feet: Refers to the delicate, graceful, and beautiful feet of a woman, often used in classical or poetic Vietnamese literature to idealize feminine beauty.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nàng bước đi với đôi gót tiền uyển chuyển. (She walked with a pair of dainty, graceful feet.)
- Thơ ca cổ thường ca ngợi đôi gót tiền của người phụ nữ. (Ancient poetry often praised the fairy feet of a woman.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively found in literary works from earlier periods and is not used in modern everyday speech. It evokes a sense of classical elegance and refined aesthetic.
Variants and Related Words
- Gót sen: Literally "lotus feet"; another poetic term for beautiful, small feet, sometimes with a more specific cultural/historical connotation.
- Văn học trung đại có hình tượng gót sen. (Medieval literature features the image of lotus feet.)
Synonyms
- Dainty feet: Delicate and pretty feet.
- Fairy feet: Feet imagined to be as delicate as those of a fairy.
Related Idioms
- While there is no direct common idiom with gót tiền, the concept is related to poetic idioms describing feminine beauty, such as references to "làn thu thủy" (eyes like autumn water) or "mày ngài" (eyebrows like silkworms).
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(từ cũ; nghĩa cũ, văn chương) Fairy feet, dainty feet (of a beautiful woman)