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  *俗* | 俗* | *俗
custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular
HSK 7-9
social custom / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
impressive / out of the ordinary
profane / secular / worldly
common / everyday / average
HSK 7-9
to cater to the public's taste / kitsch / commercial
popular custom
HSK 7-9
vulgar / tacky / tawdry
HSK 7-9
clichéd
vulgar / poor taste
prevalent custom of the time
lit. when you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
undesirable customs
universally shocking / to offend the whole of society
prevalent fashion (often used pejoratively) / vulgar customs
(idiom) to reform habits and customs
When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do
custom / tradition / local tradition / convention
HSK 7-9
to explain in simple terms
(idiom) to withdraw from society and live in seclusion
mundane world
bad habit / evil custom / vulgarity
vulgar
When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do
to be cynical / to be embittered
etiquette / custom
unable to break the custom (idiom) / bound by conventions
marriage custom
to show poor taste
former custom; old ways
to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions
cannibalism
bad habits / to get into bad habits through long custom
Buddhist monks and secular people
lay (as opposed to clergy) / ordinary / commonplace
accumulated habits become custom
to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)
to become accustomed to sth through long practice
folk customs
vulgar / philistine
according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do
offending public morals (idiom)
free from vulgarity / refined / outstanding
to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)


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