"Knee" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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膝盖	xī gài	knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
膝	xī	knee
磕膝盖	kē xī gài	(dialect) knee
小腿	xiǎo tuǐ	lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
膝关节	xī guān jié	knee joint
膝下	xī xià	at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
护膝	hù xī	kneepad / knee brace
卑躬屈膝	bēi gōng qū xī	to bow and bend the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
老虎凳	lǎo hǔ 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)
奴颜婢膝	nú yán bì xī	servile and bending the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
腘	guó	knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine)
腘窝	guó wō	popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
关节囊	guān jié náng	articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
89式掷弹筒		knee mortar
打千	dǎ 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 fú	(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
骹	qiāo	shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern