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磕膝盖
kē xī gài
Pinyin
Definition
磕膝盖
-
kē xī gài
(dialect) knee
Character Decomposition
磕
石
土
厶
皿
膝
月
木
人
氺
盖
羊
皿
Related Words
(19)
膝盖
xī gài
1
knee
2
(Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
促膝
cù xī
1
lit. knees pressed close
2
intimate
3
seated side by side
4
in close contact
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
1
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
2
bending and scraping to curry favor
死磕
sǐ kē
1
(coll.) to fight to the death
磕
kē
1
to tap
2
to knock (against sth hard)
3
to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
磕碰
kē pèng
1
to knock against
2
to bump into
3
to have a disagreement
4
to clash
磕磕绊绊
kē ke bàn bàn
1
bumpy (of a road)
2
limping (of a person)
磕头
kē tóu
1
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
膝下
xī xià
1
at the knee (in reference to children)
2
(salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
护膝
hù xī
1
kneepad
2
knee brace
双膝
shuāng xī
1
both knees
膝
xī
1
old variant of 膝[xī]
奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī
1
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
2
bending and scraping to curry favor
牛膝
niú xī
1
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
盘膝
pán xī
1
cross-legged
磕磕
kē kē
1
(onom.) knocking
磕磕巴巴
kē kē bā bā
1
stammering
2
stuttering
3
not speaking fluently
绕膝
rào xī
1
(children) run around parent's knees
2
fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
膝盖骨
xī gài gǔ
1
kneecap
Idioms
(5)
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
1
to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
1
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
2
bending and scraping to curry favor
奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī
1
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
2
bending and scraping to curry favor
磕头如捣蒜
kè tóu rú dǎo suàn
1
lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)
2
fig. to pound the ground with one's head
绕膝承欢
rào xī chéng huān
1
to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
Sample Sentences