俗

通俗

tōng sú

common

通俗来讲

tōng sú lái jiǎng

to put it in simple terms, ...

通俗小说

tōng sú xiǎo shuō

popular fiction

通俗易懂

tōng sú yì dǒng

easy to understand

通俗科学

tōng sú kē xué

popular science

违时绝俗

wéi shí jué sú

to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions

避世绝俗

bì shì jué sú

(idiom) to withdraw from society and live in seclusion

还俗

huán sú

to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)

鄙俗

bǐ sú

vulgar

释俗

shì sú

to explain in simple terms

陋俗

lòu sú

undesirable customs

随俗

suí sú

according to custom