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受辱 (shòu rǔ) — to be humiliated, to suffer disgrace

Definition

To suffer humiliation or disgrace — emphasizes the experience of being shamed, often publicly. Pairs with 侮辱 (wǔrǔ), the active verb meaning 'to insult / humiliate someone else'.

verb
to be humiliatedto suffer disgrace

Examples

  • 受辱。
    Tā zài zhòng rén miàn qián shòu rǔ le.
    He was humiliated in front of everyone.
  • 。
    Wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu shòu guò zhè yàng de rǔ.
    I have never suffered such humiliation.
  • 受辱。
    Nà cì shòu rǔ de jīng lì ràng tā yì zhí gěng gěng yú huái.
    That experience of being humiliated has always weighed on his mind.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

受shòureceive
辱rǔdisgrace

受 means receive or suffer, and 辱 means disgrace; together they describe suffering humiliation.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

辱 combines 辰, drawn as a hoe, with 寸, drawn as a hand.

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