冒大不韙

Chinese

		to risk	universal transgression; great wrong
trad. (冒大不韙)		冒	大不韙
simp. (冒大不韪)		冒	大不韪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào dàbùwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ daai⁶ bat¹ wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào dàbùwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào dàbùwěi
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴ ta⁴-pu⁴-wei³
    • Yale: màu dà-bù-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw dahbuwoei
    • Palladius: мао дабувэй (mao dabuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ daai⁶ bat¹ wai⁵
    • Yale: mouh daaih bāt wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ daai⁶ bat⁷ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ dai⁶ bed¹ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/

Idiom

冒大不韙

1. to act in defiance of universal condemnation

   Synonyms: 冒天下之大不韙 / 冒天下之大不韪 (mào tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi), 犯天下之大不韙 / 犯天下之大不韪 (fàn tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi)