绕膝

绕

繞

rào

膝

xi̅

(children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents

Characters and words in 绕膝

绕

繞

rào = r + ao4

to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex

绕 = 尧 + 纟 : Robinson Crusoe (r) and the silk worm (纟) want to pay their respect to Tang Yao (尧), so they coil up (绕) the silkworm's silk in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) to manufacture some fine clothes for Tang Yao while he waits for them to be finished.

绕

遶

rào = r + ao4

variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour

膝

厀

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

old variant of 膝[xi1]

膝 = 月 + 木 + 人 + 氺 : Marie Curie (xi) and Neanderthal Man (人) are waiting for their Christmas presents next to the Christmas tree (木) in front of the space station (Ø1). They got a brand new aqueduct (氺) from the moon (月). As they open their present they cannot decide who gets to play with it first and break it as they fight over it. The moon is very angry about the two and puts them over his knee (膝).

膝

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

knee