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kuà xià zhī rǔ

the humiliation of having to crawl…

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kuà xià zhī rǔ

  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.) (endure) utter humiliation

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