積雪深及膝蓋。

The snow was knee deep.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 積雪 jīxuě
  1. snow
  2. snow cover
  3. snow mantle
=2 深 shēn old variant of 深 shēn
=2 深 shēn deep (lit. and fig.)
3 及 jí
  1. and
  2. to reach
  3. up to
  4. in time for
4 膝蓋 xīgài
  1. knee
  2. (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)