沾染世俗 — Chinese idiom
沾染世俗
zhān rǎn shì sú
Meaning
- to be corrupted by the ways of the world
Character by character
- 沾zhānto moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch
- 染rǎndye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
- 世shìgeneration, era, age; world
- 俗súsocial customs; vulgar, unrefined
Idioms sharing a character
- 沾花惹草 zhān huā rě cǎo
- 沾亲带故 zhān qīn dài gù
- 脚不沾地 jiǎo bù zhān dì
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 染指垂涎 rǎn zhǐ chuí xián
- 染指于鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
- 世代相传 shì dài xiāng chuán
- 世态炎凉 shì tài yán liáng
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