流俗

liúsú
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Tā de zuòpǐn bù suí liúsú.
His work doesn't go along with prevailing trends.
HSK 7-9
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 不随流俗 'does not follow the prevailing fashion' is a classic compliment for an independent thinker.

Stroke Order

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