胯下之辱
Traditional form:
胯下之辱
Pinyin (reading):
kuàxiàzhīrǔ
Definitions:
- lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信／韩信 ( Hán Xìn) supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
- fig. utter humiliation
Characters:
- 胯 - pelvis, groin; thighs
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 辱 - to insult, to humiliate, to abuse
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