膝下

at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)

Characters and words in 膝下

old variant of 膝[xi1]

= + + + : 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).
knee

= + + + : 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).
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

= + : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

Words with 膝下

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)

Sentences with 膝下

膝下 currently does not appear in any sentence.