膝袒 xī tǎn

kneel and bare chest in deep apology

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
膝 xī HSK 6
knee; old variant of 膝xī
袒 tǎn
to bare; old variant of 袒tǎn