social custom; popular convention
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
customs and practices admired by society; prevailing social conventions
literaryOften used in formal or literary contexts, particularly in the set phrase '不拘俗尚' (not bound by social conventions).
Tā他
wéi为
rén人
sǎ洒
tuō脱
，
bù不
jū拘
sú俗
shàng尚
。
He is free-spirited by nature and not bound by social conventions.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
zhuó着
zhuāng装
fēng风
gé格
dǎ打
pò破
le了
chuán传
tǒng统
de的
sú俗
shàng尚
。
This dressing style breaks away from traditional social conventions.
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Wén文
rén人
yǎ雅
shì士
wǎng往
wǎng往
bù不
suí随
sú俗
shàng尚
。
Literati and refined scholars often do not follow vulgar trends.