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膝下

xī xià

2-character word

What 膝下 means

1. at the knee (in reference to children)
2. (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)

The characters in 膝下

• 膝xīknee
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Words containing 膝下

• 男人膝下有黄金nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīnlit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of…

Sounds the same

Read xī xià, tone for tone, but written differently.

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