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knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
HSK 7-9
kneepad / knee brace
lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
to kneel / to go down on one's knees
calf (back of the leg below the knee)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膝* | 膝* | *膝
knee
to weaken / to go soft (at the knees)
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand
articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
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)
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)
to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *袚* | 袚* | *袚
knee-pads / buskins
(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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骹* | 骹* | *骹
shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膕* | 膕* | *膕
knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine)
(dialect) knee
at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
intoeing / pigeon toes / knock-knees
to sit knee to knee
to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up
to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)
(of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal / (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative)
popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
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)
(children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
both knees
level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc)


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