fàn​tiān​xià​zhī​bù​wěi

to risk universal condemnation

  1. fàn verbnoun
    to violate
    to violate or go against laws, regulations, or prohibitions
  2. the world
    the whole world; all of society; everywhere on earth
  3. zhī particle
    [possessive]
    Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to de but used in formal or literary writing.
  4. fault
    (literary) a fault or error; a wrongdoing; used almost exclusively in the idiom 冒天下之大不韪 mào​tiān​xià​zhī​dà​bù​wěi