冒大不韪

冒

mào

大

dà

不

bù

韪

韙

wěi

to face opprobrium (idiom)

Characters and words in 冒大不韪

冒

冐

mào = m + ao4

old variant of 冒[mao4]

冒 = 冃 + 目 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) caught a cold (冒) and as he sneezes ("冒") in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), he sneezes so vividly that he sneezes off the eye of providence's (目) basecap (冃) of its head.

冒

mào = m + ao4

surname Mao

冒

mào = m + ao4

to emit / to give off / to send out (or up, forth) / to brave / to face / reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc) / to feign / (literary) to cover

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

不

bù = bu + Ø4

(negative prefix) / not / no

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.