mặn mà
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mặn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mặn mà
- moderately salty; to one's taste
- passionate; enthusiastic
- 1954, Tố Hữu, “Việt Bắc”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Ta với mình, mình với ta,
Lòng ta sau trước mặn mà đinh ninh.
Mình đi, mình lại nhớ mình.
Nguồn bao nhiêu nước nghĩa tình bấy nhiêu- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- attractive; alluring; inviting
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)[1], published 1866, lines 23–24:
翹 強 色 稍 漫 𣻕 搊 皮 才 色 吏 分 欣 - Kiều, the eldest, was especially witty and charming.
Her talents and beauty even surpassed her sister.
- Kiều, the eldest, was especially witty and charming.