Traduction :
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. utter humiliation
Référence :
胯下：两条腿之间。从胯下爬过的耻辱。
Origine :
《史记·淮阴侯列传》：“淮阴屠中有侮信者，曰：‘若虽长大，好带刀剑，中情怯耳。’众辱之曰：‘信能死，刺我，不能死，出我胯下。’于是信孰视之，俛出胯下，蒲伏。一市人皆笑信，以为怯。”
Annotation :
胯下之辱1
1. kuàxiàzhīrǔ :
[EN] 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. utter humiliation
