Be ashamed of yourself
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xi ū y ǐ Ni ú h ò u, which means subordinate status. It means not willing to be subordinate to others. It comes from Han Ruan Yu's writing for Cao Gong and Sun Quan.
Idiom explanation
Empress of the ox: the anus of the ox, which refers to the subordinate position. Not willing to be subordinate to others.
The origin of Idioms
Han Ruan Yu wrote a book for Cao Gong and Sun Quan: "in the past, when Su and Qin talked about Han, he was ashamed to be an ox queen, and the king of Han was angry with his sword.
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
Chinese PinYin : xiū yǐ niú hòu
Be ashamed of yourself
sing with solemn fervour to express one 's feeling of oppression. bēi gē kāng kǎi
cut the bones between the joints and make use of the momentum to decompose the boneless parts. pī xì dǎo yín
have no shortage of foot and clothing. zú yī zú shí
Ascending mountains to pick pearls. shēng shān cǎi zhū
one 's mind concealed more knowledge than could have been contained in five cartloads of books. xué fù wǔ chē