xiūyǔkuàiwǔ
to be ashamed to associate with someone
- to be ashamed to associate with someone
- (literary) to be ashamed to associate with others; specifically, to feel it is beneath one's dignity to be ranked alongside mediocre or inferior people. This idiom originates from the story of General 韩信 hánxìn feeling insulted at being ranked equally with the former commoner 樊哙 fánkuài
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Synonym
- 羞与为伍 xiūyǔwéiwǔ