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膝盖 gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel
蜷伏 quán to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up
膝下 xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
发软 ruǎn to weaken / to go soft (at the knees)
卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
护膝 kneepad / knee brace
knee-pads / buskins
拜倒 bài dǎo to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
下跪 xià guì to kneel / to go down on one's knees
促膝 to sit knee to knee
knee
奴颜婢膝 yán servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
guó knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine)
qiāo shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern
长揖 cháng to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
齐膝 level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc)
腘窝 guó popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
绕膝 rào (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
滑跪 huá guì (of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal / (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative)
老虎凳 lǎo dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
关节囊 guān jié náng articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
打千 qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand
朱绂 zhū (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official


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