承歡膝下

Chinese

		to tend to one's parents; to cater to people to make them happy	at one's knees; children
trad. (承歡膝下)		承歡	膝下
simp. (承欢膝下)		承欢	膝下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénghuān xīxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénghuān xīxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénghuan sisià
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-huan¹ hsi¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: chéng-hwān syī-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernghuan shishiah
    • Palladius: чэнхуань сися (čɛnxuanʹ sisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Verb

承歡膝下

1. to please one's parents; to make one's parents happy