wéi shí jué súdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions
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Original source entry:

違時絕俗 违时绝俗 [wei2 shi2 jue2 su2] /to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions/

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