不畏

bùwèi

verb #27,900

Meanings

1 to be unafraid
2 to not fear
3 to defy

Characters

to fear; to dread

Examples

HSK 4

科学家不畏失败，坚持研究。

Kēxuéjiā bùwèi shībài, jiānchí yánjiū.

Scientists are unafraid of failure and persist in their research.

HSK 7-9

他不畏艰险，独自攀登了那座山。

Tā bùwèi jiānxiǎn, dúzì pāndēng le nà zuò shān.

Unafraid of hardship, he climbed that mountain alone.

Tips

usage

不畏 is more literary and emphatic than 不怕. It often appears in formal writing, heroic descriptions, or slogans: 不畏强权 (defying authority), 不畏艰辛 (undaunted by hardship).

Stroke Order

不 bù

畏 wèi