hỡi cô tát nước bên đàng Sao cô tát ánh trăng vàng đổ đi
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Meaning · English
O girl bailing water by the road — why bail the golden moonlight and pour it away — courtship's most famous opening line.
Literally: why do you scoop the golden moonlight and spill it
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 “hỡi cô tát nước bên đàng Sao cô tát ánh trăng vàng đổ đi” mean?
O girl bailing water by the road — why bail the golden moonlight and pour it away — courtship's most famous opening line. Literally: why do you scoop the golden moonlight and spill it
Is “hỡi cô tát nước bên đàng Sao cô tát ánh trăng vàng đổ đi” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.