じょう
常
しき
識
　
を
くつがえ
覆
　
す

expression, Godan verb

  1. to defy conventional wisdom.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょう
常
しき
識
　
を
くつがえ
覆
　
す
 常識を覆す じょうしきをくつがえす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

usual, ordinary, normal
ジョウ　つね　とこ- (5th, N3)
esteem, furthermore, still
ショウ　なお　たか (Early High School, N1)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン　フク　おお.い (Late High School)
discriminating, know, write
シキ　し.る　しる.す (5th, N3)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
sword, potter's clay, to gather
ショク　シキ　シ
sound, noise
おと　オン　ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
capsize, cover, shade
おお.う　フク　くつがえ.す (Late Jr. High, N1)
variant of radical 146
restore, return to, revert
フク　また (5th, N2)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ　たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
return, repeat, repeatedly
person, (人 variant)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)