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 ㄏㄨㄢㄒㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénghuān xīxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄢㄒㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - 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

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

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