lem

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Mặt em bé lem vì ăn sô-cô-la.

Definition

Verb:
- To smudge, to dirty, to soil: The action of making something dirty, often by spreading a substance (like ink, paint, food, or dirt) in a messy or uneven way, creating a stain or smudge.
- To become smeared: To become dirty or stained in this manner.
Adjective:
- Dirty, soiled, smudged: Describes something that is dirty, especially with marks that are spread or smeared on the surface.

Usage Examples

Verb:
- Đứa trẻ lem mực lên tường. (The child smudged ink on the wall.)
- Cô ấy vô tình lem son khi ăn. (She accidentally smeared her lipstick while eating.)
- Đừng lem tay bẩn vào quần áo. (Don't dirty your clothes with your dirty hands.)
Adjective:
- Cái áo trắng bị lem vết dầu. (The white shirt is stained with an oil smudge.)
- Mặt nó lem luốc vì bùn. (His face is all smeared with mud.)
- Trang sách bị lem. (The book page is smudged.)

Advanced Usage

"lem luốc" (adjective phrase): Very dirty, filthy, covered in smudges. This is an intensified form.
- Sau khi chơi đá bóng, lũ trẻ về nhà mặt mũi lem luốc. (After playing soccer, the children came home with filthy, smudged faces.)

Variants and Related Words

Lấm lem (adjective): Synonymous with "lem luốc," meaning very dirty or soiled.
- Quần áo lấm lem bùn đất. (Clothes caked with mud and dirt.)
Lem nhem (adjective): Describes something dirty or messy, often in a disorganized way (e.g., handwriting, a dirty surface).
- Chữ viết lem nhem khó đọc. (The handwriting is scrawled and smudged, hard to read.)

Synonyms

Related Idioms/Phrases

"Mặt lem như mực": Literally "face smudged like ink," meaning a very dirty face.
- Thằng bé nghịch than, mặt lem như mực. (The boy played with charcoal and his face was as black as ink.)
"Lem đầu lem cổ": An idiomatic expression emphasizing being very dirty from head to neck.
- Chạy mưa về, nó lem đầu lem cổ. (Running in the rain, he got dirty from head to toe.)

Mặt em bé lem vì ăn sô-cô-la.

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