trắng phau

Con cò trắng phau đứng trên một cánh đồng lúa.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pure, immaculate white: Describes a color that is a very bright, clean, and unblemished white, often with a sense of purity or newness.
   • Very white: Emphasizes an intense degree of whiteness, often used for objects that are naturally white or have been cleaned or bleached to a pristine state.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi giặt, chiếc áo sơ mi trắng phau. (After washing, the shirt was immaculately white.)
  • Những bức tường mới quét vôi trắng phau. (The newly lime-washed walls were a pure white.)
  • Bộ xương được khai quật vẫn còn trắng phau. (The excavated skeleton was still very white.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a vivid image of cleanliness, purity, or starkness.
  • Cánh đồng tuyết trắng phau dưới ánh trăng. (The snowfield was a gleaming white under the moonlight.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trắng tinh (adj): Also means very white, pure white, often interchangeable with "trắng phau" but can sometimes emphasize a more refined or delicate whiteness.
• Trắng toát (adj): Emphasizes a pale, often sickly or stark white.

Synonyms

• Snow-white: White like fresh snow.
• Pristine white: Perfectly clean and white.
• Gleaming white: Shining bright white.

Related Idioms

• Trắng như trứng gà bóc: (White like a peeled egg) An idiom describing something very white and smooth.
• Trắng như ngà: (White like ivory) An idiom describing a beautiful, smooth white.