đi qua nghiêng nón, cúi lưng, anh không chào, em không hỏi, vì chưng đông người

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Meaning · English

Passing by, I tip my nón and bow — no greeting from me, no word from you, only because the crowd was watching — decorum over a beating heart.

Sources & notes

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.

Common questions

What does “đi qua nghiêng nón, cúi lưng, anh không chào, em không hỏi, vì chưng đông người” mean?

Passing by, I tip my nón and bow — no greeting from me, no word from you, only because the crowd was watching — decorum over a beating heart.

Is “đi qua nghiêng nón, cúi lưng, anh không chào, em không hỏi, vì chưng đông người” formal or informal?

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