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[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
  2. fig. utter humiliation

CHARACTERS

胯 kuà pelvis; groin; thighs
下 xià
HSK 1
under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
辱 rǔ
HSK 6
humiliate, insult, abuse