胯下之辱

kuà xià zhī rǔ
Dictionary entry
(lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)

What does 胯下之辱 mean?

胯下之辱 (kuà xià zhī rǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
2(fig.) (endure) utter humiliation

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胯下之辱
kuà xià zhī rǔ
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