违时绝俗 — Chinese idiom
违时绝俗
wéi shí jué sú
Traditional: 違時絕俗
Meaning
- to defy the times and reject custom ; in breach of current conventions
Character by character
- 违wéito violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from
- 时shítime, season; period, era, age
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
- 俗súsocial customs; vulgar, unrefined
Idioms sharing a character
- 事与愿违 shì yǔ yuàn wéi
- 违利赴名 wéi lì fù míng
- 违天害理 wéi tiān hài lǐ
- 违天逆理 wéi tiān nì lǐ
- 违法乱纪 wéi fǎ luàn jì
- 阳奉阴违 yáng fèng yīn wéi
- 一时半刻 yī shí bàn kè
- 不识时务 bù shí shí wù
- 不识时变 bù shí shí biàn
- 俗随时变 sú suí shí biàn
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