chutzpah
noun /ˈxʊtspə/, /ˈhʊtspə/
/ˈxʊtspə/, /ˈhʊtspə/
[uncountable] (often approving)- behaviour, or a person’s attitude, that offends or shocks people but is so confident that they may feel forced to admire it
synonym nerveTopics Personal qualitiesc2无所顾忌;敢作敢为 词源late 19th cent.: Yiddish, from Aramaic ḥu ṣpā.