辱

Mandarin · pinyin rǔ

Meanings

  1. disgrace
  2. dishonor
  3. to insult
  4. to bring disgrace or humiliation to
  5. to be indebted to
  6. self-deprecating
  7. Taiwan pr. rù
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辱
rǔ · humiliate, insult, abuse
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character

  1. disgrace; shame; discredit
  2. to disgrace; to bring shame on
  3. to humiliate; to insult; to abuse
  4. (literary, humble) gratefully

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