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Open the tool →裂裳裹膝 (liè shang guǒ xī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to tear one's clothes to bandage injured knees”.
裂裳裹膝 is pronounced liè shang guǒ xī in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 裂裳裹膝 means “Tear clothes to wrap knees”. It is used to mean “to tear one's clothes to bandage injured knees”.
裂:裁,扯;裳:下衣。撕裂衣服包裹受伤的膝盖。形容行路的急切与艰辛