Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

yêu thầm nhớ vụng

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Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Secretly loving someone but awkwardly expressing it

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Yêu thầm nhưng thể hiện vụng về

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Literally: secret love, clumsy memory

Examples

Anh ấy yêu thầm nhớ vụng nên không dám nói raHe secretly loved her but was clumsy in expressing it, so he didn't dare speak up

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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 “yêu thầm nhớ vụng” mean?

Secretly loving someone but awkwardly expressing it Literally: secret love, clumsy memory

Is “yêu thầm nhớ vụng” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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