phới phới
Definition
- Adjective:
- Fluttering lightly and gracefully: Describes something, often light and thin like fabric, hair, or a flag, moving gently and elegantly in the air or wind.
- Brimming with joy and vitality: Describes a buoyant, cheerful, and lively spirit or mood, often associated with youth or springtime.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mái tóc dài bay phơi phới trong gió. (Her long hair fluttered lightly and gracefully in the wind.)
- Cô ấy bước đi với tinh thần phơi phới. (She walked with a brimming, lively spirit.)
- Lá cờ đỏ sao vàng tung bay phơi phới. (The red flag with a yellow star fluttered lightly and proudly.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in literary or poetic contexts to create vivid imagery of gentle movement or radiant emotion.
- Can be reduplicated from the root "phơi" to intensify the sense of lightness and ease.
Variants and Related Words
- Phơi phới is the standard form. The root phơi is rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese with this meaning but can imply a state of being spread out or aired.
Synonyms
- Fluttering: moving lightly and quickly.
- Breezy: cheerful and lively.
- Buoyant: cheerful and optimistic.
Related Idioms
- Lòng phơi phới: a heart full of joy and lightness.
- Mùa xuân đến, lòng người trẻ phơi phới. (Spring arrives, filling young hearts with joy and lightness.)