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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「含垢包羞」 here, with meaning and examples.

The idiom being introduced now is 「含垢包羞」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

Refers to enduring humiliation. Same as “bearing shame and humiliation”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hán gòu bāo xiū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ham4 gau3 baau1 sau1

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