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


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