未能免俗
wèi​néng​miǎn​sú

unable to break with custom

  • created sense approved 未能免俗 · wèi​néng​miǎn​sú · unable to break with custom — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    未能免俗

    wèi​néng​miǎn​sú

    unable to break with custom

    To be unable to rise above conventions or break with common customs; bound by traditional social norms or worldly practice.

    未能 (literal) → 未能 · wèi​néng · to fail to 免俗 (literal) → 免俗 · miǎn​sú · to ignore etiquette

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense