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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 禮 (“ritual; ceremony; etiquette; gift”). Compare lạy.
Pronunciation
Noun
lễ
- ceremony, festival, festive day, holiday
- lễ tốt nghiệp ― graduation ceremony
- (obsolete or only in compounds) etiquette, propriety, decorum, manners
- vô lễ ― insolent (lit. "to have no manners")
- thất lễ ― impolite (lit. "to have lost manners")
- đáp lễ ― to reciprocate propriety
- (by extension) offering
- mang lễ lên chùa ― to bring offerings to the temple
- trả lễ ― to return ] with offerings
- (by extension, sardonic) bribe
Derived terms
Verb
lễ
- to kowtow, to worship
2006, Đặng Xuân Xuyến, “‘Truyền Thuyết Ngôi Chùa Làng Đá’ trích từ ‘Vào Chùa Lễ Phật - Những Điều Cần Biết’ [‘The Legend of the Stone Village's Temple’, excerpted from ‘Things One Needs to Know Entering Any Temple to Worship the Buddha’]”, in Đạo Phật Ngày Nay [Buddhism today]:Trước cửa chùa là con rùa to bằng đá, đội bát nhang để du khách thập phương thắp hương trước khi vào lễ Phật.- In front of the temple's gate is a large stone turtle carrying an incense bowl for visitors from everywhere to burn their incenses before entering to worship the Buddha.