mào​tiān​xià​zhī​dà​bù​wěi

to risk universal condemnation

冒天下之大不韪 冒天下之大不韙 mào​tiān​xià​zhī​dà​bù​wěi
to risk universal condemnation
to defy public opinion by doing something everyone knows is wrong; to flagrantly act against the common sense of right and wrong despite certain criticism

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0.277 per million

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