mỹ nữ
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Definition
- Noun:
- A beautiful woman; a pretty girl: "Mỹ nữ" refers to a woman or girl who possesses physical beauty, often emphasizing graceful and attractive features.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trong truyện cổ tích thường có những mỹ nữ. (Fairy tales often feature beautiful women.)
- Cô ấy được mệnh danh là mỹ nữ của làng. (She is renowned as the village beauty.)
Advanced Usage
- Literary and Classical Context: The term "mỹ nữ" is often used in literary, historical, or formal contexts to describe a woman of notable beauty, sometimes with a classical or elegant connotation.
- Tranh vẽ mô tả một mỹ nữ thời xưa. (The painting depicts a beauty from ancient times.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giai nhân (noun): A belle; a beauty (often used in poetry and literature with a similar meaning to "mỹ nữ").
- Người đẹp (noun): A beautiful person (a more general and modern term for a beautiful woman or man).
Synonyms
- Beauty: A beautiful woman.
- Belle: A beautiful and attractive woman, often the most admired at a gathering.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Mỹ nữ ngư lạc (Idiom): Literally "a beauty causes fish to sink"; a Vietnamese idiom derived from a Chinese idiom (沉鱼落雁 - chén yú luò yàn), used to describe a woman of breathtaking, mesmerizing beauty.
- Sắc đẹp của cô ấy đúng là mỹ nữ ngư lạc. (Her beauty is truly one that could make fish sink.)