gấm

Thân thiện

Áo gấm được trưng bày trong tủ kính.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Brocade: A rich, decorative fabric, traditionally woven from silk and often with gold or silver threads, featuring intricate raised patterns such as flowers, foliage, or other designs.
   • Embroidered silk: A fine silk fabric that is elaborately ornamented with needlework, creating a luxurious and ornate appearance.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tấm vải gấm này rất đắt tiền. (This piece of brocade is very expensive.)
  • Cô ấy mặc một chiếc áo dài bằng gấm thêu hoa. (She wears an áo dài made of embroidered silk with flower patterns.)
  • Cung điện được trang trí bằng rèm gấm. (The palace is decorated with brocade curtains.)

Advanced Usage

• "gấm vóc": A compound term meaning "brocade and satin," used to refer to luxurious fabrics collectively or metaphorically to describe something rich and splendid.

  • Cuộc sống gấm vóc. (A life of luxury and splendor.)

• "áo gấm đi đêm": An idiom literally meaning "to wear a brocade robe at night." It conveys the idea of hidden talent or beauty that is not shown off, similar to "hidden luxury."

  • Tài năng của anh ấy như áo gấm đi đêm. (His talent is like a brocade robe worn at night—unseen.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gấm hoa (n): Figured brocade; brocade with floral patterns.

  • Bà mặc một chiếc áo gấm hoa. (She wore a jacket of figured brocade.)

• Thêu gấm (v): To embroider brocade; often used to describe meticulous and beautiful handiwork.

  • Nghệ nhân thêu gấm trên vải lụa. (The artisan embroidered brocade on silk fabric.)

Synonyms

• Brocade: A rich woven fabric with a raised pattern.
• Embroidered silk: Silk fabric adorned with decorative stitching.
• Damask: A reversible figured fabric, often similar in richness.

Related Idioms

• "Người đẹp vì lụa, lúa tốt vì phân": A proverb meaning "A person is beautiful because of silk, rice grows well because of fertilizer." It highlights how fine materials like silk (or brocade) enhance beauty, analogous to "Fine feathers make fine birds."

  • Cô ấy mặc áo gấm trông thật lộng lẫy, đúng là người đẹp vì lụa. (She looks magnificent in a brocade dress, truly fine feathers make fine birds.)

• "Gấm thêu thêm hoa": Literally "to add flowers to brocade." It means to embellish something already beautiful or excellent, similar to "gilding the lily."

  • Bài diễn văn của cô ấy đã hay, việc thêm ví dụ chỉ là gấm thêu thêm hoa. (Her speech was already good; adding examples was just gilding the lily.)

Học thuật

noun

1. brocade; embroidered silk
   • gấm vóc
     brocade and satin