xã tắc

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 社稷, composed of (god of earth) and (god of millet). See also xã hội.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tắc

  1. (dated) a country; a nation
    • (Can we date this quote?), Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Thảo thử hịch 討鼠檄:
      Nền xã tắc là nơi báo bổ, can chi mi đào lỗ, đào hang; Chốn miếu đường là chỗ thanh tán, cớ chi ngươi cắn màn, cắn sáo.
      Our country['s grace] is what we should repay, why would you burrow within it? The ancestor temple is pure and sacred, why would you gnaw on the curtain and the bamboo screen?