未能免俗 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 未能免俗

未能免俗

Definition unable to break the custom (idiom) / bound by conventions

Idiom Failed to get rid of customs and habits that he disapproved of

Usage

中文释义未能免于俗例或常情。典出南朝宋刘义庆《世说新语．任诞》"阮仲容步兵居道南，诸阮居道北;北阮皆富，南阮贫。七月七日，北阮盛晒衣，皆纱罗锦绮。仲容以竿挂大布犊鼻裻于中庭。人或怪之，答曰'未能免俗，聊复尔耳。'"。

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