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移风易俗

yí fēng yì súdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to reform habits and customs
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-a319c86261b2780c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

移風易俗 移风易俗 [yi2 feng1 yi4 su2] /(idiom) to reform habits and customs/

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Other forms in these source records: 移風易俗

  • 移
    yí

    to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove

  • 风
    fēng

    wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhèn],絲|丝[sī]

  • 易
    yì

    easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"

    Yì

    surname Yi / I Ching / Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yì jīng])

  • 俗
    sú

    custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.