违世异俗
wéi​shì​yì​sú

to defy convention

  • created sense approved 违世异俗/違世異俗 · wéi​shì​yì​sú · to defy convention — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    违世异俗 / 違世異俗

    wéi​shì​yì​sú

    to defy convention

    to go against the trends of the times and deviate from social customs

    违 (literal) → 违/違 · wéi · to disobey 世 (literal) → 世 · shì · world 异俗 (literal) → 异俗/異俗 · yì​sú · different customs

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

    created sense