独排众议
dú​pái​zhòng​yì

to hold one's own against the majority

  • created sense approved 独排众议/獨排眾議 · dú​pái​zhòng​yì · to hold one's own against the majority — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    独排众议 / 獨排眾議

    dú​pái​zhòng​yì

    to hold one's own against the majority

    To stick to one's own opinion and reject the views of the majority; to stand alone against the crowd.

    独 (literal) → 独/獨 · dú · dictatorial 排 (literal) → 排 · pái · to exclude 众议 (literal) → 众议/眾議 · zhòng​yì · general opinion

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

    created sense