thành lệ
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To become a rule/custom; to become established practice: Describes a repeated action or situation that has evolved from an occasional occurrence into a regular, expected, and often unwritten rule or tradition. It implies a process of becoming standardized over time.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Việc họp vào sáng thứ Hai đã thành lệ. (The Monday morning meeting has become a rule.)
- Ở công ty này, làm thêm giờ không công dường như đã thành lệ. (At this company, unpaid overtime seems to have become established practice.)
- Tặng quà Tết cho khách hàng đã thành lệ từ nhiều năm nay. (Giving Lunar New Year gifts to clients has been the custom for many years.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often carries a nuance of something becoming an ingrained, sometimes rigid or unavoidable, norm. It can be used in neutral, positive, or negative contexts depending on the speaker's view of the established practice.
Synonyms
- To become customary: To become a common practice.
- To become the norm: To become the standard or usual way of doing things.
- To be established as a rule: To be formally or informally set as a regulation.
Related Idioms
- Thành thông lệ: This is a very close synonym, directly meaning "to become common practice" or "to become convention."
- Việc chào cờ đầu tuần đã thành thông lệ ở các trường học. (The weekly flag ceremony has become common practice in schools.)