thân em như thể cánh bèo, ngược xuôi xuôi ngược theo chiều nước trôi
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Meaning · English
I am a duckweed leaf — upstream, downstream, wherever the current tips — a fate with no rudder of its own.
Literally: like the water-fern: up and down following the flow
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 “thân em như thể cánh bèo, ngược xuôi xuôi ngược theo chiều nước trôi” mean?
I am a duckweed leaf — upstream, downstream, wherever the current tips — a fate with no rudder of its own. Literally: like the water-fern: up and down following the flow
Is “thân em như thể cánh bèo, ngược xuôi xuôi ngược theo chiều nước trôi” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.