trong đầm gì đẹp bằng sen, lá xanh bông trắng lại chen nhị vàng. Nhị vàng bông trắng lá xanh, gần bùn mà chẳng hôi tanh mùi bùn

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Meaning · English

What in the marsh is lovelier than the lotus — green leaf, white bloom, gold stamens — near the mud yet never smelling of mud — Vietnam's emblem of integrity.

Literally: what in the pond rivals the lotus... close to mud, yet no stench of mud
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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.

Common questions

What does “trong đầm gì đẹp bằng sen, lá xanh bông trắng lại chen nhị vàng. Nhị vàng bông trắng lá xanh, gần bùn mà chẳng hôi tanh mùi bùn” mean?

What in the marsh is lovelier than the lotus — green leaf, white bloom, gold stamens — near the mud yet never smelling of mud — Vietnam's emblem of integrity. Literally: what in the pond rivals the lotus... close to mud, yet no stench of mud

Is “trong đầm gì đẹp bằng sen, lá xanh bông trắng lại chen nhị vàng. Nhị vàng bông trắng lá xanh, gần bùn mà chẳng hôi tanh mùi bùn” formal or informal?

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