犯天下之大不韙

Chinese

		to violate; to offend	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	's; him/her/it; this	universal transgression; great wrong
trad. (犯天下之大不韙)		犯	天下	之	大不韙
simp. (犯天下之大不韪)		犯	天下	之	大不韪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàn tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàn tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàn tiansià jhih dàbùwěi
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴ tʻien¹-hsia⁴ chih¹ ta⁴-pu⁴-wei³
    • Yale: fàn tyān-syà jr̄ dà-bù-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann tianshiah jy dahbuwoei
    • Palladius: фань тянься чжи дабувэй (fanʹ tjanʹsja čži dabuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

犯天下之大不韙

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), 冒大不韙／冒大不韪 (mào dàbùwěi)