Word information
Simplified绕膝
Traditional繞膝
Pinyinrào xī
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
绕膝
rào xī · (children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
Character breakdown
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绕rào
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; 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
围绕wéiràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)
缠绕chánràotwisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
环绕huánràoto surround; to circle; to revolve around
绕行ràoxíngto take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit; (of a sailor) to circumnavigate; to take a detour; to bypass
绕远儿ràoyuǎnrto go the long way round; to take a circuitous route; (of a route) circuitous