"knee-pads" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 膝盖 膝蓋 | knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) | syn | |
| 老虎凳 | 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) | ||
| 小腿 | lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank | syn | |
| 膝关节 膝關節 | knee joint | syn | |
| 膝下 | at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) | syn | |
| 护膝 護膝 | kneepad / knee brace | ||
| 卑躬屈膝 | to bow and bend the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor | syn | |
| 促膝 | to sit knee to knee | syn | |
| 奴颜婢膝 奴顏婢膝 | servile and bending the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor | syn | |
| 膝 | knee | syn | |
| 腘 膕 | knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine) | ||
| 腿肚子 | calf (back of the leg below the knee) | syn | |
| 齐膝 齊膝 | level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc) | ||
| 臀疣 | monkey's seat pads (zoology) | syn | |
| 腘窝 膕窩 | popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee | ||
| 关节囊 關節囊 | articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy) | ||
| 89式掷弹筒 89式擲彈筒 | knee mortar | ||
| 膝下假肢 | below-knee prosthesis | ||
| 膝上假肢 | above-knee prosthesis | ||
| 膝上截肢 | above-knee amputation / femural amputation | ||
| 膝下截肢 | below-knee amputation / tibial amputation | ||
| 打千 | genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand | ||
| 磕膝盖 磕膝蓋 | (dialect) knee | ||
| 朱绂 朱紱 | (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 | shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern | ||
| 滑跪 | (of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal / (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative) |