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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.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Lời thề yêu đương của những người chưa kết hôn

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Literally: sideburn strands short and long; couldn't wed, so love on a thousand years

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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.

Topics: Ca dao (folk verse)

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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