bây giờ mận mới hỏi đào, vườn hồng có lối ai vào hay chưa. Mận hỏi thì đào xin thưa, vườn hồng có lối nhưng chưa ai vào

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Meaning · English

Now the plum asks the peach: is there a path into the rose garden yet? The peach replies: a path there is, but none has entered — courtship's most elegant negotiation.

Literally: plum asks peach: has the rose garden a way in? path yes, entrant none
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Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

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What does “bây giờ mận mới hỏi đào, vườn hồng có lối ai vào hay chưa. Mận hỏi thì đào xin thưa, vườn hồng có lối nhưng chưa ai vào” mean?

Now the plum asks the peach: is there a path into the rose garden yet? The peach replies: a path there is, but none has entered — courtship's most elegant negotiation. Literally: plum asks peach: has the rose garden a way in? path yes, entrant none

Is “bây giờ mận mới hỏi đào, vườn hồng có lối ai vào hay chưa. Mận hỏi thì đào xin thưa, vườn hồng có lối nhưng chưa ai vào” formal or informal?

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