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The character 俗, in its traditional form, is composed of the semantic component 人 (person) and the phonetic component 谷 (valley). Its original meaning referred to social habits or the customary practices of a population, essentially the ways common people lived together in a community. Over time, this core sense of shared custom broadened and also acquired a more evaluative connotation, coming to signify what is commonplace, popular, or unrefined, thus giving it the parallel meaning of "vulgar" or "secular".
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这是一种习俗。
我不喜欢这种俗气的颜色。
他的笑话有点俗。
我们要尊重当地的风俗。
他的作品雅俗共赏。
这部小说通俗易懂，很受欢迎。
超凡脱俗是很多人的追求。
他脱离了俗务，专心修行。