犯天下之不韙
fàn​tiān​xià​zhī​bù​wěi

to risk universal condemnation

  • created sense approved 犯天下之不韪/犯天下之不韙 · fàn​tiān​xià​zhī​bù​wěi · to risk universal condemnation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    犯天下之不韪 / 犯天下之不韙

    fàn​tiān​xià​zhī​bù​wěi

    to risk universal condemnation

    to defy the common judgment of the world or to act in the face of universal disapproval

    犯 (literal) → 犯 · fàn · to violate 天下 (literal) → 天下 · tiān​xià · the world 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 不韪 (literal) → 不韪/不韙 · bù​wěi · fault

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

    created sense