入境问俗 — Chinese idiom
入境问俗
rù jìng wèn sú
Traditional: 入境問俗
Meaning
- When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs ; do as the natives do
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Character by character
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 境jìngboundary, frontier; area, region
- 问wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 俗súsocial customs; vulgar, unrefined
Idioms sharing a character
- 一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
- 先入为主 xiān rù wéi zhǔ
- 入土为安 rù tǔ wéi ān
- 入情入理 rù qíng rù lǐ
- 入乡随俗 rù xiāng suí sú
- 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ
- 出神入化 chū shén rù huà
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