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胯下之辱

kuà xià zhī rǔ

4-character word

What 胯下之辱 means

1. (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) (idiom)
2. (fig.) (endure) utter humiliation

The characters in 胯下之辱

• 胯kuàcrotch; groin; hip
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 辱rǔdisgrace; dishonor; to insult

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