thon thả
Definition
- Adjective:
- Slender and graceful: Describes a person's physique, typically a woman's, as being slim, well-proportioned, and elegantly thin.
- Svelte: Having a gracefully slender and attractive figure.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cô ấy có dáng người thon thả. (She has a slender and graceful figure.)
- Vóc dáng thon thả rất phù hợp với kiểu váy này. (A svelte figure is very suitable for this dress style.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is almost exclusively used to describe the human body, particularly to compliment a woman's figure. It carries a positive, aesthetic connotation of natural and attractive slimness, distinct from mere thinness which could be neutral or negative.
Variants and Related Words
- Thon (adj): slender, slim. This is the root adjective, while "thon thả" is a reduplicative form that adds a nuance of gracefulness.
- Chân thon (slender legs).
Synonyms
- Slender: Gracefully thin.
- Svelte: Slender and elegant in figure.
- Willowy: Tall, slender, and graceful.
Antonyms
- Mập: plump, chubby.
- Đầy đặn: full-figured.
- Béo: fat, overweight.
Related Idioms
- Dáng thon thả: a slender and graceful silhouette.
- Cô ấy luôn tự hào về dáng thon thả của mình. (She is always proud of her slender and graceful silhouette.)