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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mào dàbùwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw dahbuwoei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mào dàbùwěi
  - Wade–Giles: mao⁴ ta⁴-pu⁴-wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 täːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/

Idiom

冒大不韙

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)

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