fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents; (children) run around parent's knees
[stay with one's parents in order to make them happy] 儿女围绕在父母的跟前,引申为儿女侍奉在父母身边。
围绕膝下。多用于形容子女侍奉父母。
《花月痕》第十一回：“间至后堂，团圆情话，儿童绕膝，婢僕承颜，转把 痴珠 一腔的块磊，渐渐融化十之二三。” 清 褚继曾 《＜小螺庵病榻忆语＞后序》：“有不覩遗衣而挥泪，忆绕膝而伤情乎？”