Definition

1. Noun:
   • Appreciative inscription, commentary of appreciation: "phẩm đề" refers to a short written comment, often in classical literary style, expressing praise, appreciation, or evaluation of a poem, painting, or other artistic work. It is an archaic term.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tác giả mong nhận được vài dòng phẩm đề của bậc tiền bối. (The author hopes to receive a few lines of appreciative commentary from the senior scholar.)
  • Phẩm đề của cụ Tam Nguyên trên bức tranh làm tăng thêm giá trị tác phẩm. (The appreciative inscription by Mr. Tam Nguyen on the painting enhanced the work's value.)

Advanced Usage

• "Xin phẩm đề": to request an appreciative inscription or comment.
  • Nhà thơ trẻ khiêm tốn xin phẩm đề từ các bậc đàn anh. (The young poet humbly requested an appreciative comment from his seniors.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bình phẩm (v/n): to comment, critique; a comment or critique. (This is a more general and modern term for commentary, not necessarily appreciative.)
• Đề từ (n): an inscribed poem or phrase, often on a painting or object. (This is related but focuses more on the inscribed text itself rather than its appreciative nature.)

Synonyms

• Lời bình hay: a favorable comment.
• Lời tán thưởng: words of praise/admiration.

Related Phrases

• Viết lời phẩm đề: to write an appreciative inscription.
  • Ông ấy được mời viết lời phẩm đề cho tập thơ mới. (He was invited to write the appreciative inscription for the new poetry collection.)

Related Idioms

• "Thêm hoa cho gấm": (literally: to add flowers to brocade) meaning to enhance something already beautiful. This idiom is famously used in the referenced line by Nguyen Du ("... thêm hoa"), where "phẩm đề" is the act that adds such beauty.
  • Lời phẩm đề của thầy thực sự là thêm hoa cho gấm. (The teacher's appreciative comment truly enhanced the work's beauty.)

1. (từ cũ) Write down one's appreciation (of a poem ...)