胯下之辱

kuà xià zhī rǔ

Definições

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

Palavras componentes de 胯下之辱

• 下 xià: down
• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 胯 kuà: crotch
• 辱 rǔ: disgrace