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膝蓋

简膝盖 · 繁膝蓋

Mandarin · pinyin xī gài

knee
(Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)

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膝: xī · knee
蓋: Look up this written character
盖: gài · cover, hide, protect

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1–4 · xi1 gai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sat1 goi3 · sat1 koi3

Cantonese word readings for 膝蓋. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

knee

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