违时绝俗

Traditional form:

違時絕俗

Pinyin (reading):

wéishíjuésú

Definitions:

• to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions

Characters:

• 违 - to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from
• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 绝 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 俗 - social customs; vulgar, unrefined

Traditional characters:

• 違 - to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from
• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 絕 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 俗 - social customs; vulgar, unrefined