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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

俗 [sú]

1. noun [风俗] custom

民俗

folk custom

入乡随俗

when in Rome, do as the Romans do
2. noun [没出家的人] laity

僧俗

clergy and laity
3. adjective [大众的] popular
4. adjective [庸俗] vulgar

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

俗 [sú]

1. 名社会上的风尚、习惯

移风易俗

民俗

入乡随俗

风俗

习俗。
2. 形平庸；不高雅

这个名字太俗

俗不可耐

庸俗

俗气

俗套。
3. 形大众的；通行的

俗文学

俗语

俗体字

俗名

通俗。
4. 名佛教称尘世间或不出家做僧尼的人

还俗

断了俗念

僧俗。

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他不过是个凡俗之辈，所以才写出如此俗套的作品来。: He is just an ordinary man and can only write a conventional book.
通俗诗并非意味着它是卑俗和浅薄的。: Popular poems are not necessarily vulgar and shallow.
俗话说，春捂秋冻。
手编笆篓是我国简朴漂亮的民俗工艺品。: Hand-weaved baskests are beautiful, simple folk handicraft.
她可真是个超凡拔俗的才女呀。: She is a rare genius.
通俗歌手一般都用本嗓演唱。: Popular singers usually sing with their natural voice.
俗话说“兵马未动，粮草先行”，在创办企业时必须首先筹集足够的资金。: As the saying goes that “Food and fodder should go ahead of troops and horses”, ample funds must be prepared in the first place when establishing a company .
将第一杯茶水倒掉，这是我们这里的茶俗。: It is our custom to pour away the first cup of tea.
她的诗超凡脱俗，高出侪辈许多。: Her poems are outstanding, much more so than the works of her contemporaries.
“长虫”是蛇的俗名。: "Long worm" is the popular name of a snake.; 342 more results

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亻 [rén]	+	谷 [gǔ]

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