ấy ai dắt mối tơ mành, cho thuyền quen bến cho anh quen nàng. Tơ tằm đã vấn thì vương, đã trót dan díu thì thương nhau cùng
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Meaning · English
Once people get to know each other, they will develop feelings for one another
Literally: who leads the silkworm to the mulberry bush, for the boat to know the dock and for the man to know the woman
Examples
Anh ấy quen chị ấy từ buổi học cùng nhau, ấy ai dắt mối tơ mành, cho thuyền quen bến cho anh quen nàngHe met her at a study group, and as they say, ấy ai dắt mối tơ mành, cho thuyền quen bến cho anh quen nàng
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “ấy ai dắt mối tơ mành, cho thuyền quen bến cho anh quen nàng. Tơ tằm đã vấn thì vương, đã trót dan díu thì thương nhau cùng” mean?
Once people get to know each other, they will develop feelings for one another Literally: who leads the silkworm to the mulberry bush, for the boat to know the dock and for the man to know the woman
Is “ấy ai dắt mối tơ mành, cho thuyền quen bến cho anh quen nàng. Tơ tằm đã vấn thì vương, đã trót dan díu thì thương nhau cùng” formal or informal?
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