膝袒
xī tǎn
Pinyin

Definition

膝袒
 - 
xī tǎn
  1. to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

膝盖
xī gài
  1. 1 knee
  2. 2 (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
促膝
cù xī
  1. 1 lit. knees pressed close
  2. 2 intimate
  3. 3 seated side by side
  4. 4 in close contact
偏袒
piān tǎn
  1. 1 to bare one shoulder
  2. 2 (fig.) to side with
  3. 3 to discriminate in favor of
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
  1. 1 to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
膝下
xī xià
  1. 1 at the knee (in reference to children)
  2. 2 (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
袒护
tǎn hù
  1. 1 to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc
  2. 2 to take sb's side
袒露
tǎn lù
  1. 1 to expose
  2. 2 to bare
护膝
hù xī
  1. 1 kneepad
  2. 2 knee brace
双膝
shuāng xī
  1. 1 both knees
膝
xī
  1. 1 old variant of 膝[xī]
奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī
  1. 1 servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
牛膝
niú xī
  1. 1 Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
盘膝
pán xī
  1. 1 cross-legged
绕膝
rào xī
  1. 1 (children) run around parent's knees
  2. 2 fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
膝盖骨
xī gài gǔ
  1. 1 kneecap
袒胸
tǎn xiōng
  1. 1 to bare the breast

Idioms (5)

不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
  1. 1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
  1. 1 to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī
  1. 1 servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
绕膝承欢
rào xī chéng huān
  1. 1 to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)

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