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胯下之辱
 
En
kuà xià zhī rǔ
  • lit. forced to crawl between sb's legs as humiliation (idiom)
  • humiliation

胯下之辱 kuà xià zhī rǔ

胯下之辱
1 汉淮阴侯韩信于微贱时,曾受淮阴无赖少年的侮辱,迫他由胯下爬出。典出《史记.卷九二.淮阴侯传》。后比喻人未显达时,被人鄙视、讥笑,遭受耻辱。如:「他当年能忍胯下之辱,虚心求进,今天才能有此番成就。」

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