







高凤自秽 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliberately discredit oneself or feign unworthiness to avoid an unwanted official appointment, duty, or responsibility; to falsely incriminate oneself for a specific purpose”.

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Open the tool →高凤自秽 (gāo fèng zì huì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliberately discredit oneself or feign unworthiness to avoid an unwanted official appointment, duty, or responsibility; to falsely incriminate oneself for a specific purpose”.
高凤自秽 is pronounced gāo fèng zì huì in Mandarin Chinese.
东汉高凤,字文通,执志不仕,太守连召请,恐不得免,自言本巫家,不应为吏,又诈与寡嫂讼田,遂不仕。后用为自诬之典。