dà​shì​suǒ​qū

trend of the times

  • created sense approved 大势所趋/大勢所趨 · dà​shì​suǒ​qū · trend of the times — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大势所趋 / 大勢所趨

    dà​shì​suǒ​qū

    trend of the times

    (idiom) the general objective direction in which a situation is developing; an inevitable trend that cannot be stopped by human effort

    大势 (literal) → 大势/大勢 · dà​shì · general trend 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 趋 (literal) → 趋/趨 · qū · to tend toward

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