Definitions
(verb)
to insult; to humiliate
(noun)
disgrace; dishonor; humiliation
(verb)
to bring shame to
About
The character 辱 combines 辰, historically a clam shell or agricultural tool, with 寸, representing a hand. This original structure depicted manual field labor, particularly weeding. As such work was often performed by those in lowly or captive status, the meaning shifted from the physical act to the social condition of the laborers. Its primary sense thus evolved to denote disgrace, dishonor, or humiliation, reflecting actions that cause a loss of dignity rather than farming itself.
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他绝不能接受这种侮辱。
这次失败对他来说是奇耻大辱。
侮辱他人是极不文明的行为。
我们要捍卫国家的荣誉，不容玷辱。
他忍受着屈辱，默默完成了工作。
历史的屈辱时刻提醒着我们奋发图强。
这种诽谤性的言论严重辱没了他的名声。
在强权面前不卑不亢，方能不辱使命。