hộ-pháp không thèm cắn trắt
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Meaning · English
The law does not bother with trivial matters
Literally: law not deigns to bite trifles
Examples
Khi thấy cảnh sát không xử phạt người đàn ông đó, mọi người nói hộ-pháp không thèm cắn trắtWhen seeing the police not fining the man, people said the law does not bother with trivial matters
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Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “hộ-pháp không thèm cắn trắt” mean?
The law does not bother with trivial matters Literally: law not deigns to bite trifles
Is “hộ-pháp không thèm cắn trắt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.