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After learning basic characters, the next level in Chinese is combining them into words, and then idioms. This free guide helps you understand advanced idioms like 「時移俗易」. Meaning and usage are below.

The idiom 「時移俗易」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Yi: to change; Yi: to replace. Times have changed, and social trends have changed as well.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shí yí sú yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si4 yi4 juk6 yi6

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