胯下之辱
胯下之辱
kuà xià zhī rǔ
lit. forced to crawl between sb's legs as humiliation (idiom); humiliation
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- (idiom) lit. forced to crawl between sb's legs as humiliation (idiom)
- humiliation
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Related Words
丢脸(diū liǎn)— to lose face
→五刑(wǔ xíng)— imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]
→刑辱(xíng rǔ)— to humiliate and torture
→勿忘国耻(wù wàng guó chǐ)— Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
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