Definition & Meaning

be so used to something wrong as to deem it right; accept what is wrong as right when one grows accustomed to it

Word usage

xí fēi chéng shì

习 非 成 是

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slbe so used to something wrong as to deem it right; accept what is wrong as right when one grows accustomed to it
- nǐ zěn me huì duì zhè zhǒng cuò wù xí fēi chéng shì ne
  你怎么会对这种错误习非成是呢？
  How can you remain indifferent to such wrongdoings and accept them as right?
- tā men duì zhè zhǒng lòu xí xí fēi chéng shì jìng méi rén fǎn duì
  他们对这种陋习习非成是，竟没人反对。
  They got so used to such a corrupt custom that nobody ever opposed it.
synonym
jī fēi chéng shì积非成是 xí fēi shēng shì习非胜是

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Note
"习非成是" is different from "积非成是". "习非成是" refers to "getting used to the wrong things, and then treats them as correct". "积非成是" refers to "the wrong things have been spread for a long time, then they are regarded as correct."

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