胯下之辱 — Chinese idiom
胯下之辱
kuà xià zhī rǔ
Meaning
- (lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韩信 (Hán Xìn) supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight)
- (fig.) (endure) utter humiliation
Character by character
- 胯kuàpelvis, groin; thighs
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 辱rǔto insult, to humiliate, to abuse
Idioms sharing a character
- 三下两下 sān xià liǎng xià
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 上行下效 shàng xíng xià xiào
- 不愧下学 bù kuì xià xué
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià
- 兼善天下 jiān shàn tiān xià
- 兼济天下 jiān jì tiān xià
- 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià
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