犯天下之大不韙

Chinese

		to violate; to offend	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	's; him/her/it; this	universal transgression; great wrong
trad. (犯天下之大不韙)		犯	天下	之	大不韙
simp. (犯天下之大不韪)		犯	天下	之	大不韪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàn tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàn tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàn tiansià jhih dàbùwěi
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴ tʻien¹-hsia⁴ chih¹ ta⁴-pu⁴-wei³
  - Yale: fàn tyān-syà jr̄ dà-bù-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann tianshiah jy dahbuwoei
  - Palladius: фань тянься чжи дабувэй (fanʹ tjanʹsja čži dabuvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

犯天下之大不韙

to act in defiance of universal condemnation
Synonyms: 冒天下之大不韙／冒天下之大不韪 (mào tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi), 冒大不韙／冒大不韪 (mào dàbùwěi)

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