膝袒 in English xi1 tan3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)

Simplified Characters

膝 袒

Traditional Characters

膝 袒

Pinyin

xi1 tan3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

膝xi1old variant of 膝[xi1] 袒tan3to bare