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Definitions

  1. 1. to pinch
  2. 2. to join together
  3. 3. to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

Words Containing 捏

凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

扭扭捏捏
niǔ niǔ niē niē

affecting shyness or embarrassment

扭捏
niǔ nie

affecting shyness or embarrassment

拿捏
ná niē

to grasp

捏估
niē gu

to act as a go-between

捏合
niē hé

to act as a go between

捏碎
niē suì

to crush (sth) in one's hand

捏积
niē jī

see 捏脊[niē jǐ]

捏脊
niē jǐ

form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)

捏脊治疗
niē jǐ zhì liáo

chiropractic (medicine)

捏造
niē zào

to make up

柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē

lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)

砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng

to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)

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