胯ㄎㄨㄚˋkuà下ㄒㄧㄚˋxià之ㄓzhī辱ㄖㄨˋrù

  1. 漢淮陰侯韓信於微賤時，曾受淮陰無賴少年的侮辱，迫他由胯下爬出。典出《史記·卷九二·淮陰侯傳》。後比喻人未顯達時，被人鄙視、譏笑，遭受恥辱。如：「他當年能忍胯下之辱，虛心求進，今天才能有此番成就。」

英lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight)​ (idiom)​, fig. utter humiliation
德Demütigung (S)​