(especially Northern Vietnam) a village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town) / (colloquial) circles; world

interrupted; incomplete; unsuccessful

villages and hamlets (generally speaking)

villages and hamlets (generally speaking)

(colloquial) to relinquish responsibilities; to abandon obligations

to holler; to cry for help

(tam cúc) to show a hand of four or five soldiers of the same color, thereby automatically winning the game at the very beginning, becoming the house. / (figuratively) to show one's cards, show one's hand, reveal

villages and small settlements (generally speaking)

villages (generally speaking)

(literally) even the monarch's law loses to a village's norms / (figurative) local norms are so powerful that they can overrule any other authority