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膝盖 gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
腿肚子 tuǐ zi calf (back of the leg below the knee)
小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
下跪 xià guì to kneel / to go down on one's knees
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
膝下 xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
内八字脚 nèi jiǎo intoeing / pigeon toes / knock-knees
关节囊 guān jié náng articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
护膝 kneepad / knee brace
绕膝 rào (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
促膝 to sit knee to knee
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
齐膝 level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc)
双膝 shuāng both knees
拜倒 bài dǎo to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
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)
qiāo shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern
磕膝盖 gài (dialect) knee
蜷伏 quán to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up
跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel
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
男人膝下有黄金 nán rén xià yǒu huáng jīn lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)
腘窝 guó popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
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)


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