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约定俗成yuē dìng sú chéngaccepted through common practice; be sanctioned by popular usage;established by usage
❍ 名无固宜，约之以命，～谓之宜，异于约则谓之不宜。(《荀子·正名》) Names have no intrinsic appropriateness.One agrees to use a certain name and issues an order to that effect,and if the agreement is abided by and becomes a matter of custom,then the name may be said to be appropriate,but if people do not abide by the agreement,then the name ceases to be appropriate.
❍ 然而自从提倡白话以来，主张者都没有一个以为写白话的主旨，是在从“小学”里寻出本字来的，我们就用～的借字。(鲁迅《且介亭杂文二集》 143) But not one of the advocates of the vernacular,since the vernacular was advocated,has regarded its purpose as being to trace the etymology of characters:We simply use the forms sanctioned by popular usage. 约定俗成established by popular usage;accepted through common practice 约定俗成yuē dìnɡ sú chénɡ约定：指事物的名称共同议定；俗成：习惯上一直沿用，一致遵守。指某种事物的名称或事情的做法为社会所承认，因此就固定下来，一直沿用。accepted through common practice, established by usage, prescriptive |