tẹt mũi

Một người đàn ông có sống mũi thấp và tẹt mũi đang cười tươi.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flat-nosed: Describes a nose that has a low nasal bridge and wide nostrils, giving a flattened appearance to the face when viewed in profile. This is often a characteristic used in anthropological descriptions.
   • Snub-nosed: Can also imply a short, slightly upturned, and broad nose.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta có cái mũi tẹt. (He has a flat nose.)
  • Đặc điểm nhận dạng là khuôn mặt tròn và mũi tẹt. (The identifying features are a round face and a flat nose.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily a physical descriptor. In some contexts, it can be used neutrally in descriptive anthropology or medicine, but it may be considered impolite or offensive if used as a personal remark.

Variants and Related Words

• Sống mũi tẹt (n): A flat nasal bridge.
  • Cô ấy có sống mũi tẹt. (She has a flat nasal bridge.)

Synonyms

• Flat-nosed: Having a nose with little projection.
• Snub-nosed: Having a short, broad, and slightly turned-up nose.
• Platyrrhine (Anthropological term): Having a broad, flat nose.

Related Idioms

• Tẹt mũi vì...: To be utterly defeated or humiliated (colloquial, figurative). This idiom extends the meaning to describe a state of being "flattened" or crushed.
  • Đội bóng đó bị thua tẹt mũi. (That football team was utterly defeated.)