俗随时变 — Chinese idiom
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
Traditional: 俗隨時變
Meaning
- customs change with time ; other times, other manners
- O Tempora, O Mores!
Character by character
- 俗súsocial customs; vulgar, unrefined
- 随suíto follow, to listen to, to submit to
- 时shítime, season; period, era, age
- 变biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
Idioms sharing a character
- 俗谚口碑 sú yàn kǒu bēi
- 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
- 入境问俗 rù jìng wèn sú
- 入乡随俗 rù xiāng suí sú
- 未能免俗 wèi néng miǎn sú
- 沾染世俗 zhān rǎn shì sú
- 移风易俗 yí fēng yì sú
- 约定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng
- 违时绝俗 wéi shí jué sú
- 避世绝俗 bì shì jué sú
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