Tomsima Posted October 8, 2024 at 01:21 PM Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2024 at 01:21 PM 韙（韪） wei3 means 是 in its 对 sense. Appeared in the phrase 冒天下之大不韪（全然不顾公众的反对，公然去做天下人认为是最大的错事）Interestingly, it appears to pretty much only be used with 不 in modern Mandarin（常跟否定词”不“连用）, my guess being because it is used that way in the 左傳, and everyone loves quoting from that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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