雅俗共赏 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike

Character by character

• 雅yǎelegant, graceful, refined
• 俗súsocial customs; vulgar, unrefined
• 共gòngall, total; together; to share
• 赏shǎngreward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant

Idioms sharing a character

• 一日之雅 yī rì zhī yǎ
• 曲终奏雅 qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
• 温文尔雅 wēn wén ěr yǎ
• 无伤大雅 wú shāng dà yǎ
• 俗谚口碑 sú yàn kǒu bēi
• 俗随时变 sú suí shí biàn
• 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

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