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 韓信|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