未能免俗 — Chinese idiom
未能免俗
wèi néng miǎn sú
Meaning
- unable to break the custom
- bound by conventions
Character by character
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 免miǎnto spare, to excuse from; to evade
- 俗súsocial customs; vulgar, unrefined
Idioms sharing a character
- 乳臭未干 rǔ xiù wèi gān
- 前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu
- 前所未闻 qián suǒ wèi wén
- 前缘未了 qián yuán wèi liǎo
- 宝刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
- 悬而未决 xuán ér wèi jué
- 方兴未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ
- 方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài
- 旷古未有 kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu
- 旷古未闻 kuàng gǔ wèi wén
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