tóc mai sợi vắn sợi dài, lấy nhau chẳng đặng thương hoài ngàn năm

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Meaning · English

Temple-hair strands short and long — we could not marry, so I will love you a thousand years — the vow of the unwed.

Literally: sideburn strands short and long; couldn't wed, so love on a thousand years
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 “tóc mai sợi vắn sợi dài, lấy nhau chẳng đặng thương hoài ngàn năm” mean?

Temple-hair strands short and long — we could not marry, so I will love you a thousand years — the vow of the unwed. Literally: sideburn strands short and long; couldn't wed, so love on a thousand years

Is “tóc mai sợi vắn sợi dài, lấy nhau chẳng đặng thương hoài ngàn năm” formal or informal?

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