1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
恼羞成怒
nǎo xiū chéng nù
1 to fly into a rage out of humiliation
2 to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
荣辱与共
róng rǔ yǔ gòng
1 (of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom)
碍口识羞
ài kǒu shí xiū
1 tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)
羞口难开
xiū kǒu nán kāi
1 to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
羞愧难当
xiū kuì nán dāng
1 to feel ashamed (idiom)
羞于启齿
xiū yú qǐ chǐ
1 to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
胯下之辱
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[Hán Xìn] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
2 fig. utter humiliation
闭月羞花
bì yuè xiū huā
1 lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)
2 fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
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