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约定俗成

yuē dìng sú chéng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 約定俗成

约定俗成 (yuē dìng sú chéng) means "established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 约定俗成 means

1. established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement
2. customary convention

The characters in 约定俗成

• 约yuēto make an appointment; to invite; approximately
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…
• 俗súcustom; convention; popular
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete

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