承欢膝下 chénghuānxīxià to please one's parents Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 承欢 承歡 chénghuān to please one's parents (literary) to attend to and obey one's parents to keep them happy膝下 xīxià presence of parents In the presence of one's parents; refers to young children staying close to their parents' knees.