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繞膝

简绕膝 · 繁繞膝

Mandarin · pinyin rào xī

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

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膝: xī · knee
绕: rào · entwine; wind around; surround

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4–1 · rao4 xi1

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