爱美 (ài měi) — to be beauty-conscious; to care about one's appearance; to love dressing up
Definition
爱美 means to love beauty — someone who cares about looking attractive and well-groomed. As a verb-object phrase it focuses on the personal habit of valuing one's appearance, not on an aesthetic judgment of things.
verb
to be beauty-consciousto care about one's appearanceto love dressing up
Examples
- 爱美，。Tā fēi cháng ài měi, měi tiān dōu yào dǎ bàn hěn jiǔ.She is very beauty-conscious; she spends a long time dressing up every day.
- ，。Tā ài le yí bèi zi měi, bā shí duō suì le hái chuān gāo gēn xié.She loved beauty all her life; even in her eighties she still wears high heels.
- 爱美。Xiàn zài de nián qīng rén yuè lái yuè ài měi le.Young people nowadays are more and more beauty-conscious.
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