Definition

1. Noun:
   • Rules and regulations; laws and established practices: Refers to the formal legal statutes and the customary norms or procedures that are widely accepted and followed within a specific society, organization, or context.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mọi công dân phải tôn trọng luật lệ quốc gia. (All citizens must respect the nation's laws and regulations.)
  • Công ty có những luật lệ riêng về trang phục. (The company has its own rules and regulations regarding attire.)
  • Đi đâu thì phải tuân theo luật lệ ở đấy. (Wherever you go, you must abide by the local laws and practices.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a combination of codified law (luật) and unwritten, traditional customs or procedural rules (lệ). It encompasses both the official legal system and the conventional ways of doing things.

Variants and Related Words

• Luật pháp (n): The legal system, law (often emphasizing statutory law).

  • Luật pháp Việt Nam quy định rõ điều này. (Vietnamese law clearly stipulates this.)

• Quy định (n): Regulation, rule, provision (often more specific or administrative).

  • Anh cần đọc kỹ các quy định nội bộ. (You need to read the internal regulations carefully.)

• Lệ làng (n): Village customs, traditional rules of a community.

  • Phong tục đó đã trở thành lệ làng. (That custom has become a village tradition.)

Synonyms

• Rules and regulations
• Laws and customs
• Statutes and practices

Related Idioms

• Luật lệ hà khắc: Stringent/harsh rules and regulations.

  • Khu ký túc xá áp dụng luật lệ hà khắc. (The dormitory enforces stringent rules.)

• Biết luật lệ: To know the rules; to be savvy about how things are done.

  • Muốn thành công ở đây, trước hết phải biết luật lệ. (To succeed here, you must first know the rules.)

1. law and practises (of a society)
   • Đi đâu thì phải tuân theo luật lệ ở đấy
     To abide by the local laww and practices wherever one goes