To offer frank advice to a superior despite the risk of offending them; to speak out boldly against a superior's wrongdoings.
这位老教授总是犯颜敢谏，即使面对院长的不同意见，也坚持自己的学术观点。
This old professor always offers frank advice, insisting on his academic views even when facing differing opinions from the dean.
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