大不敬

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Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
disrespectful; rude
trad. (大不敬) 不敬
simp. #(大不敬) 不敬
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Noun

大不敬

  1. (historical or in reference to other countries) lèse majesté
    • 長君奉車棫陽宮,大不敬伏劍自刎
      长君奉车棫阳宫,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.
  2. (by extension, to seniors or deities) disrespect; discourtesy; blasphemy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
けい
Grade: 6
goon kan'on

Noun

(だい)()(けい) (daifukei

  1. great disrespect, especially towards the Imperial family
  2. (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)