颓风

頹風

tuífēng

noun

Meanings

1 degenerate custom
2 decadent ways

Characters

decline / decay

Examples

他立志改变社会的颓风。

Tā lìzhì gǎibiàn shèhuì de tuífēng.

He resolved to change society's decadent ways.

颓风日盛，人心不古。

Tuífēng rì shèng, rénxīn bù gǔ.

Decadent customs grow daily, and people's hearts are no longer as they once were.

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Literary / formal. 颓 means 'decline / collapse' (cf. 颓废 tuífèi 'decadent'); 风 here means 'custom / atmosphere' as in 风气 (fēngqì).

Stroke Order

颓 tuí

风 fēng