1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
坚强不屈
jiān qiáng bù qū
1 staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
坚贞不屈
jiān zhēn bù qū
1 faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
宁死不屈
nìng sǐ bù qū
1 rather die than submit (idiom)
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
2 very few
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
荣辱与共
róng rǔ yǔ gòng
1 (of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom)
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
2 without a leg to stand on
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
能伸能屈
néng shēn néng qū
1 can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
2 flexible
能屈能伸
néng qū néng shēn
1 can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take