yuē dìng sú chéng

Traditional: 約定俗成

HSK 7–9

约定俗成 (yuē dìng sú chéng) is a Chinese word meaning “established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention”.

Meanings

  1. 1established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement
  2. 2customary convention

Characters in 约定俗成

约yāo · to weigh in a balance or on a scale定dìng · to fix; to set; to make definite俗sú · custom成chéng · to succeed

Related words

一定surely; certainly; definitely肯定to be certain; to be positive成to succeed成surname Cheng决定to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind成为to become; to turn into确定definite定to fix; to set; to make definite成功to succeed成功Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan约会appointment变成to change into

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