phép vua thua lệ làng

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fɛp̚˧˦ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ le˧˨ʔ laːŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fɛp̚˦˧˥ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ lej˨˩ʔ laːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fɛp̚˦˥ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ lej˨˩˨ laːŋ˨˩] ~ [fɛp̚˦˥ juə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ lej˨˩˨ laːŋ˨˩]

Phrase

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phép vua thua lệ làng

  1. (literal) even the monarch's law loses to a village's norms
  2. (figurative) local norms are so powerful that they can overrule any other authority