nệ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 泥.

Pronunciation

Verb

nệ

  1. to be a stickler for, to insist on strict observance of (decorum, formality…)
    • 1943, Trần Trọng Kim, chapter III, in Nho-giáo‎[1], volume I, Lê Thăng, page 145:
      […] Khổng-tử nói rằng: Ta tuy có hơn tuổi các ngươi, nhưng các ngươi đừng vì ta mà nệ, chí mình thế nào, cứ thẳng mà nói.
      […] Confucius said: "I may be older than you, but do not let my presence make you sticklers for decorum; as is your will, so you speak out."

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