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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「恥居人下」, detailing its meaning and use.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「恥居人下」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Being ashamed of being in an inferior position to others.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chǐ jū rén xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chi2 geui1 yan4 ha6

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