jiàng​zhì​rǔ​shēn

to lower one's standards and compromise oneself

Senses

降志辱身 jiàng​zhì​rǔ​shēn (also jiàng​zhì​rù​shēn) to lower one's standards and compromise oneself

To abandon one's high ideals and suffer personal humiliation to fit in with a corrupt world; to debase oneself and follow the crowd.

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