绕膝承欢 — Chinese idiom
绕膝承欢
rào xī chéng huān
Traditional: 繞膝承歡
Meaning
- to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness
Character by character
- 绕ràoto entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
- 膝xīknee
- 承chéngto undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritan
- 欢huānhappy, glad, joyful
Idioms sharing a character
- 绕来绕去 rào lái rào qù
- 绕梁三日 rào liáng sān rì
- 余音绕梁 yú yīn rào liáng
- 余响绕梁 yú xiǎng rào liáng
- 促膝谈心 cù xī tán xīn
- 卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī
- 奴颜婢膝 nú yán bì xī
- 一脉相承 yī mài xiāng chéng
- 子承父业 zǐ chéng fù yè
- 应天承运 yìng tiān chéng yùn
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