{"path":"/entry/83034","title":"约定俗成 / 約定俗成 (yuē dìng sú chéng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"约定俗成 / 約定俗成 (yuē dìng sú chéng): established by popular usage (idiom) · common usage agreement. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":83034,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["约定俗成"],"TRADITIONAL":["約定俗成"]}},"phonetic":"yuē dìng sú chéng","phoneticKey":"yue1 ding4 su2 cheng2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"established by popular usage ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"common usage agreement","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"customary convention","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","VERB"],"frequency":65705,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Xunzi","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"名无固宜，约之以命，约定俗成谓之宜，异于约则谓之不宜。名无固实，约之以命实，约定俗成谓之实名。","traditional":"名無固宜，約之以命，約定俗成謂之宜，異於約則謂之不宜。名無固實，約之以命實，約定俗成謂之實名。"},"phonetic":"Míng wú gù yí, yuē zhī yǐ mìng, yuē dìng sú chéng wèi zhī yí, yìyú yuē zé wèi zhī bùyí. Míng wú gù shí, yuē zhī yǐ mìng shí, yuēdìngsúchéng wèi zhī shímíng.","english":"Names have no intrinsic appropriateness. They are bound to something by agreement in order to name it. The agreement becomes fixed, the custom is established, and it is called “appropriate.” If a name differs from the agreed name, it is then called “inappropriate.” Names have no intrinsic object. They are bound to some reality by agreement in order to name that object. The agreement becomes fixed, the custom is established, and it becomes the name of that object.","ref":"Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":7,"sourceName":"HSK 3.0","name":"Levels 7-9"},{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}