quan cứ lịnh, lính cứ truyền
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Meaning · English
Officers follow orders, soldiers follow instructions
Literally: officer follows order, soldier follows transmission
Examples
Quan cứ lịnh, lính cứ truyền, nên mọi việc trong quân đội được thực hiện trật tựOfficers follow orders, soldiers follow instructions, so everything in the army is done in order
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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 “quan cứ lịnh, lính cứ truyền” mean?
Officers follow orders, soldiers follow instructions Literally: officer follows order, soldier follows transmission
Is “quan cứ lịnh, lính cứ truyền” formal or informal?
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