mắt anh anh liếc, mắt nàng nàng đưa
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Meaning · English
Each person has their own way of looking at things
Literally: brother's eye peeks, sister's eye throws
Examples
Mỗi người có cách nhìn riêng, mắt anh anh liếc, mắt nàng nàng đưaEach person has their own way of looking at things, brother's eye peeks, sister's eye throws
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). 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 “mắt anh anh liếc, mắt nàng nàng đưa” mean?
Each person has their own way of looking at things Literally: brother's eye peeks, sister's eye throws
Is “mắt anh anh liếc, mắt nàng nàng đưa” formal or informal?
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