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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扭* | 扭* | *扭
to turn / to twist / to wring / to sprain / to swing one's hips
HSK 6
to twist / to warp / to distort
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擰* | 擰* | *擰
mistake / to twist
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搓* | 搓* | *搓
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絞* | 絞* | *絞
to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn
HSK 7-9
twists and turns
HSK 7-9
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綸* | 綸* | *綸
to classify / to twist silk / silk thread
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騺* | 騺* | *騺
heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding
to sway one's hips / to twist one's waist
to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with) / twisted; tangled / confused; to be at a loss / to struggle (mentally) with (sth); to overthink; to feel conflicted
twisting / to twine / to wind / to pester / to bother
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絡* | 絡* | *絡
net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body
mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枉* | 枉* | *枉
to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain
to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
twisting and turning
twisted pair (cabling)
to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats
to tangle up / to twist together / to wind
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
to twist and sway (one's body)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拗* | 拗* | *拗
(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)
twisting and turning / involved and tricky
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捩* | 捩* | *捩
tear / twist
twisted / spiral / uneven stones
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纍* | 纍* | *纍
rope / to bind together / to twist around
(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粔* | 粔* | *粔
cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紆* | 紆* | *紆
winding / twisting
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紾* | 紾* | *紾
crooked / obstinate / twist a cord
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綯* | 綯* | *綯
bind / cord / twist
twisted / coiled / curled
twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
with a rolling or twisting movement / in a single movement; in one breath
twisted mouth / wry mouth
twisting path / tortuous road
to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi")
twisting river
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
balloon modeling / balloon twisting
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) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
(idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated
crooked / deformed / twisted
to twist (strands) together to form a rope / (fig.) to unite; to work together
to wind around / to twist and turn (of road or river)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肙* | 肙* | *肙
a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty


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