走乡随乡
zǒu​xiāng​suí​xiāng

when in Rome do as the Romans do

  • created reference approved 走乡随乡/走鄉隨鄉 → 入乡随俗/入鄉隨俗 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    走乡随乡 / 走鄉隨鄉 zǒu​xiāng​suí​xiāng

    入乡随俗 / 入鄉隨俗 rù​xiāng​suí​sú

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 走乡随乡/走鄉隨鄉 · zǒu​xiāng​suí​xiāng · when in Rome do as the Romans do — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    走乡随乡 / 走鄉隨鄉

    zǒu​xiāng​suí​xiāng

    when in Rome do as the Romans do

    to follow local customs when traveling or living in a new place

    走 (literal) → 走 · zǒu · through 乡 (literal) → 乡/鄉 · xiāng · place 随 (literal) → 随/隨 · suí · to comply with 乡 (literal) → 乡/鄉 · xiāng · place

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

    created sense