积习成俗
jī​xí​chéng​sú

old habits become custom

  • created sense approved 积习成俗/積習成俗 · jī​xí​chéng​sú · old habits become custom — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    积习成俗 / 積習成俗

    jī​xí​chéng​sú

    old habits become custom

    old habits or long-established practices eventually become a social custom; what is done long enough becomes a tradition

    积习 (literal) → 积习/積習 · jī​xí · old habits 成俗 (literal) → 成俗 · chéng​sú · to become a custom

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

    created sense