移風易俗
yí​fēng​yì​sú

to reform customs

  • created sense approved 移风易俗/移風易俗 · yí​fēng​yì​sú · to reform customs — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    移风易俗 / 移風易俗

    yí​fēng​yì​sú

    to reform customs

    (idiom) to transform old habits and traditions; to improve social customs and local practices

    移 (literal) → 移 · yí · to change 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · custom 易 (literal) → 易 · yì · to change 俗 (literal) → 俗 · sú · custom

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

    created sense