入境隨俗

See also: 入境随俗

Chinese

		to enter	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	vulgar
trad. (入境隨俗)		入	境	隨	俗
simp. (入境随俗)		入	境	随	俗

Etymology

Literally: Enter an area, follow the local customs.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùjìngsuísú

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùjìngsuísú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùjìngsuéisú
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-ching⁴-sui²-su²
    • Yale: rù-jìng-swéi-sú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhjinqsweiswu
    • Palladius: жуцзинсуйсу (žuczinsujsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ su³⁵/

Idiom

入境隨俗

1. (chiefly Taiwan) when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Synonyms

• 入鄉隨俗／入乡随俗 (rùxiāngsuísú)

See also

• 嫁雞隨雞，嫁狗隨狗／嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗 (jià jī suí jī, jià gǒu suí gǒu)
• (Vietnamese) nhập gia tùy tục, nhập gia tùy tục, nhập giang tùy khúc