They broke some of the old customs.

他们打破了一些旧的风俗习惯。

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Many old customs are gradually dying out.

许多旧习俗都在日渐消失中。

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Many old customs are gradually dying out.

许多旧习俗都在逐渐消失。

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There would be a loss of prestige unless the community saw that they had acted according to the old customs.

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She brought a school and a light and is trying to change old customs to help girls get a new, better life.

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Farish Noor, a professor at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, argues that in many instances, these conflicts are caused by old customs butting up against arbitrary modern national boundaries.

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