扭 niǔ — to turn; to twist; to wrench; to rotate; to swing; to swivel; to tilt
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- 扭转 to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); torsion; to turn round
- 扭曲 to twist; to warp; to distort; to contort; to deform; to skew
- 别扭 awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche; uneasy
- 扭头 to turn one's head; to twist away
- 扭亏 to turn a loss into a profit; to reverse deficit
- 扭亏为盈 to turn from loss into profit; to reverse losses
- 扭动 to twist; to writhe
- 扭亏增盈 to turn losses into profits
- 闹别扭 to be at odds; to fall out; to sulk
- 扭伤 a sprain; a crick; to sprain; to wrench; to twist; to strain
- 扭秧歌 to perform the yangge dance
- 歪歪扭扭 crooked and askew; uneven and twisted
- 扭捏 affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech)
- 扭打 to wrestle; to grapple; to scuffle; to tussle; to fight; to brawl
- 扭送 to seize and hand over (to the police)
- 吱扭 squeak; creak (onomatopoeia for a turning object)
- 扭结 to twist and tangle; to knot together
- 扭摆 to twist and sway; to sway from side to side
- 七扭八歪 crooked and askew
- 歪七扭八 crooked and askew; all twisted out of shape