促膝
cù xī
Pinyin
Definition
促膝
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- lit. knees pressed close
- intimate
- seated side by side
- in close contact
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 urgent
- 2 hurried
- 3 to urge
- 4 to promote
- 5 to urge haste
- 6 close
- 7 intimate
- 1 to promote (an idea or cause)
- 2 to advance
- 3 boost
- 1 to promote sales
- 1 knee
- 2 (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
- 1 to induce
- 2 to promote
- 3 to urge
- 4 to impel
- 5 to bring about
- 6 to provoke
- 7 to drive (sb to do sth)
- 8 to catalyze
- 9 to actuate
- 10 to contribute to (some development)
Idioms (5)
促膝谈心
- 1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
卑躬屈膝
- 1 to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
- 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
奴颜婢膝
- 1 servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
- 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
局促一隅
- 1 to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
绕膝承欢
- 1 to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)