lệ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 淚. Compare luỵ.
Noun
lệ
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 例.
Noun
lệ
- (rare) example
- Synonym: ví dụ
- lệ như ― for example
- (literary and in certain idioms) rule
- phép vua thua lệ làng
- even the monarch's laws lose to the village's rules
- Làng có lệ ấy từ xưa
- The village has had that rule since ancient times.
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