胯下之辱

kuà xià zhī rǔ

Definitions

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. utter humiliation

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Child Words of 胯下之辱

down

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

hip

disgrace