习以为常

習以為常

xíyǐwéicháng

idiom #16,446

Meanings

HSK 3

这种现象大家已经习以为常，没人觉得奇怪。

Zhèzhǒng xiànxiàng dàjiā yǐjīng xíyǐwéicháng, méi rén juéde qíguài.

Everyone is so accustomed to this phenomenon that nobody finds it strange.

HSK 4

加班对他来说已经习以为常了。

Jiābān duì tā láishuō yǐjīng xíyǐwéicháng le.

Working overtime has become something he's completely used to.

grammar

习以为常 is a four-character idiom (成语). It's typically used as a predicate after 已经 (already): 已经习以为常了. It cannot take an object directly.

memory

Break it down: 习 (practice/habit) + 以为 (regard as) + 常 (normal) = 'through habit, regard it as normal.'

习 xí

以 yǐ

为 wéi

常 cháng