胯下之辱
utter humiliation (referring to Han Xin crawling between an adversary's legs)
Frequency 1.2
Meanings
- lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
- fig. (endure) utter humiliation