Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

đất có quê lề có thói

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Meaning · English

Every soil its region, every custom its rule — cross a border and the rulebook changes.

Literally: land has its region, custom has its way

Examples

Đất có quê lề có thói, theo phép ở đây thôi.Each land its custom — here, we follow theirs.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “đất có quê lề có thói” mean?

Every soil its region, every custom its rule — cross a border and the rulebook changes. Literally: land has its region, custom has its way

Is “đất có quê lề có thói” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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