颓风

頹風

tuífēng

noun

Meanings

1 degenerate custom
2 decadent ways

Characters

decline / decay

Examples

HSK 7-9

他立志改变社会的颓风。

Tā lìzhì gǎibiàn shèhuì de tuífēng.

He resolved to change society's decadent ways.

HSK 7-9

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