"Humiliation" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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丢脸 diū liǎn to lose face / humiliation
耻辱 chǐ rǔ disgrace / shame / humiliation
羞辱 xiū rǔ to humiliate / to shame / humiliation / indignity
抛脸 pāo liǎn to lose face / humiliation
欺辱 qī rǔ to humiliate / humiliation
恼羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation / to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
忍辱负重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence
忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
国耻 guó chǐ national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
雪耻 xuě chǐ to take revenge for a past insult / to expunge a disgrace or humiliation
勿忘国耻 wù wàng guó chǐ Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
高帽子 gāo mào zi tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation / dunce cap / (fig.) flattery
洗雪 xǐ xuě to erase / to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc)
雪 xuě snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
辱 rǔ disgrace / dishonor / to insult / to bring disgrace or humiliation to / to be indebted to / self-deprecating / Taiwan pr. [ru4]
奇耻大辱 qí chǐ dà rǔ extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu to resign oneself to adversity (idiom) / to grin and bear it / to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
含垢忍辱 hán gòu rěn rǔ to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
唾面自干 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation
报仇雪耻 bào chóu xuě chǐ to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
忍垢偷生 rěn gòu tōu shēng to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱偷生 rěn rǔ tōu shēng to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱含垢 rěn rǔ hán gòu to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek
胯下之辱 kuà xià zhī rǔ 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
刑辱 xíng rǔ to humiliate and torture / to suffer mutilation and humiliation
含忍耻辱 hán rěn chǐ rǔ to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek
忍耻 rěn chǐ to endure humiliation
忍辱求全 rěn rǔ qiú quán to endure humiliation to preserve unity
外侮 wài wǔ (literary) foreign aggression / external threat / humiliation inflicted by outsiders
一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ to wipe away a humiliation (idiom)
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