lịnh làng nào làng ấy đánh, thánh làng nào làng ấy thờ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Each village beats its own summons, each village worships its own saint — jurisdiction ends at the bamboo hedge.
Examples
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “lịnh làng nào làng ấy đánh, thánh làng nào làng ấy thờ” mean?
Each village beats its own summons, each village worships its own saint — jurisdiction ends at the bamboo hedge. Literally: whatever village's order, that village executes; whatever village's saint, that village worships
Is “lịnh làng nào làng ấy đánh, thánh làng nào làng ấy thờ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.