Definition

Examples

• 这种行为实在太低贱，令人不齿。
  Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi shízài tài dī jiàn, lìng rén bù chǐ.
  This kind of behavior is truly base and contemptible.
• 他出身低贱，但凭努力改变了命运。
  Tā chūshēn dī jiàn, dàn píng nǔlì gǎibiàn le mìngyùn.
  He came from a lowly background, but changed his fate through hard work.
• 在那个社会里，仆人被看作低贱的职业。
  Zài nàge shèhuì lǐ, púrén bèi kàn zuò dī jiàn de zhíyè.
  In that society, servants were seen as a degrading profession.