流俗

liúsú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 prevailing customs (often pejorative)
  2. 2 popular fashion of the day
  3. 3 vulgar trend

Examples

Tā de zuòpǐn bù suí liúsú.
His work doesn't go along with prevailing trends.
Zhīshì fènzǐ yào gǎnyú pīpàn liúsú.
Intellectuals should dare to criticize popular conformity.

Tips

register
Literary and slightly pejorative — used by writers and critics to describe the shallow taste of the masses. The collocation 流俗 'does not follow the prevailing fashion' is a classic compliment for an independent thinker.

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