Chinese · Idiom Attested

伤风败俗

shāng fēng bài sú

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Traditional: 傷風敗俗

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Damaging to a community's morals and shocking to its sense of decency. A strong and rather old-fashioned condemnation of behaviour that is seen as indecent or shameless.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Làm tổn hại phong hoá, làm hư hỏng tập tục: trái với đạo đức và nếp sống chung của xã hội. Là lời lên án nặng nề, hơi cổ, dành cho hành vi bị coi là đồi bại, trơ trẽn.

Literally: damage morals, spoil customs

Examples

老人们觉得这种打扮伤风败俗。Lǎorénmen juéde zhè zhǒng dǎban shāng fēng bài sú.The old people think that dressing like this is an offence against public decency.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check

Sources & notes

Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thương phong bại tục” (thuong-phong-bai-tuc). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.

Equivalents & related

Hán-Việt cognate thương phong bại tục Wounding morals and rotting custom — conduct that corrupts the public air. Tiếng Việt

Common questions

What does “伤风败俗” mean?

Damaging to a community's morals and shocking to its sense of decency. A strong and rather old-fashioned condemnation of behaviour that is seen as indecent or shameless. Literally: damage morals, spoil customs

Is “伤风败俗” formal or informal?

伤风败俗 is generally neutral.

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