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膝盖 gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel
knee
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)
小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
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
下跪 xià guì to kneel / to go down on one's knees
guó knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine)
拜倒 bài dǎo to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
knee-pads / buskins
促膝 to sit knee to knee
奴颜婢膝 yán servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
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)
绕膝 rào (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
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
关节囊 guān jié náng articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
双膝 shuāng both knees
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)
内八字脚 nèi jiǎo intoeing / pigeon toes / knock-knees


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