lẹm cằm

Một người phụ nữ có lẹm cằm đang mỉm cười nhẹ.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a receding chin: Describes a facial feature where the chin is small and appears to slope backward or inward relative to the line of the face and lower lip. It is a specific physical characteristic.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy có cằm hơi lẹm cằm. (He has a slightly receding chin.)
  • Đặc điểm nhận dạng là khuôn mặt tròn và lẹm cằm. (The identifying features are a round face and a receding chin.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is used primarily in descriptive contexts, such as in personal descriptions, anthropology, or character portrayal in literature.
• It can be used neutrally as a simple physical descriptor, though context may imply aesthetic judgment.

Variants and Related Words

• Cằm lẹm: A variant phrase with the same meaning.
  • Cô ấy sợ con mình sẽ bị cằm lẹm. (She is afraid her child will have a receding chin.)

Synonyms

• Receding chin: The most direct English equivalent.
• Retrusive chin: A more clinical or medical term.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using the phrase "lẹm cằm". It is a straightforward descriptive term.