扭
Definitions
- 1. to turn
- 2. to twist
- 3. to wring
- 4. to sprain
- 5. to swing one's hips
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Collocations
Common collocations: 扭伤 (sprain), 扭头 (turn one's head), 扭屁股 (swing one's hips).
Common mistakes
扭 (niǔ) is often used for twisting or spraining body parts (e.g., 扭伤). Do not confuse with 拧 (níng) which is for twisting objects like bottle caps.
Example Sentences
1 shown他不小心 扭 了脚踝。
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Words Containing 扭
awkward
to twist
to reverse
to turn one's head
misshapen
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
a sprain
torque
to wrestle
affecting shyness or embarrassment
Twister (game)
affecting shyness or embarrassment
to twist and sway (one's body)
torque
to tangle up
to sway one's hips
to make good a deficit
to get into the black; to become profitable
toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
crooked
to wring
to be difficult with sb