冒大不韪
mào​dà​bù​wěi

to face universal condemnation

  • created sense approved 冒大不韪/冒大不韙 · mào​dà​bù​wěi · to face universal condemnation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冒大不韪 / 冒大不韙

    mào​dà​bù​wěi

    to face universal condemnation

    (idiom) to act in defiance of general opinion or face public outcry; to disregard universal condemnation

    冒, 大不韪

    冒 (literal) → 冒 · mào · to brave 大不韪 (literal) → 大不韪/大不韙 · dà​bù​wěi · great error

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense