冒天下之大不韙

Chinese

		to risk	the world; all under heaven	's	universal transgression; great wrong
trad. (冒天下之大不韙)		冒	天下	之	大不韙
simp. (冒天下之大不韪)		冒	天下	之	大不韪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ tin¹ haa⁶ zi¹ daai⁶ bat¹ wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào tiansià jhih dàbùwěi
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴ tʻien¹-hsia⁴ chih¹ ta⁴-pu⁴-wei³
    • Yale: màu tyān-syà jr̄ dà-bù-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw tianshiah jy dahbuwoei
    • Palladius: мао тянься чжи дабувэй (mao tjanʹsja čži dabuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ tin¹ haa⁶ zi¹ daai⁶ bat¹ wai⁵
    • Yale: mouh tīn hah jī daaih bāt wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ tin¹ haa⁶ dzi¹ daai⁶ bat⁷ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ tin¹ ha⁶ ji¹ dai⁶ bed¹ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² t͡siː⁵⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/

Idiom

冒天下之大不韙

1. to act in defiance of universal condemnation

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