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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
大不敬
- (historical or in reference to other countries) lèse majesté
前長君爲奉車,從至雍棫陽宮,扶輦下除,觸柱折轅,劾大不敬,伏劍自刎。
前长君为奉车,从至雍棫阳宫,扶辇下除,触柱折辕,劾大不敬,伏剑自刎。 - From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Qián zhǎngjūn wéi fèngchē, cóng zhì Yōng Yùyánggōng, fú niǎn xià chú, chù zhù zhé yuán, hé dàbùjìng, fújiàn zìwěn.
- Earlier, when your elder brother was in charge of the imperial carriage, he accompanied the emperor to the Yuyang Palace at Yong. He was helping to carry the emperor's hand-drawn cart down the portico steps when the cart struck a column and broke its axle. Thus impeached for lese-majesty, he had no choice but to fall upon his sword and take his own life.
- (by extension, to seniors or deities) disrespect; discourtesy; blasphemy
Japanese
Noun
大不敬 • (daifukei)
- great disrespect, especially towards the Imperial family
- (archaic, law) actions disrespectful towards important shrines or the Imperial family, such as theft or destruction; one of the eight unpardonable crimes under the Ritsuryō system.
- Hypernym: 八虐 (“hachigyaku”)
- Coordinate terms: 謀反 (muhen), 謀大逆 (bōtaigyaku), 謀叛 (muhon), 不道 (fudō), 悪逆 (akugyaku), 不孝 (fukyō), 不義 (fugi)