别扭
biè niu
Pinyin

Definition

别扭
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biè niu
  1. awkward
  2. difficult
  3. uncomfortable
  4. not agreeing
  5. at loggerheads
  6. gauche

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

别扭
biè niu
  1. 1 awkward
  2. 2 difficult
  3. 3 uncomfortable
  4. 4 not agreeing
  5. 5 at loggerheads
  6. 6 gauche
扭曲
niǔ qū
  1. 1 to twist
  2. 2 to warp
  3. 3 to distort
扭伤
niǔ shāng
  1. 1 a sprain
  2. 2 a crick
  3. 3 to sprain
扭捏
niǔ nie
  1. 1 affecting shyness or embarrassment
  2. 2 coy
  3. 3 mincing (walk, manner of speech)
  4. 4 mannered
扭蛋
niǔ dàn
  1. 1 toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
扭转
niǔ zhuǎn
  1. 1 to reverse
  2. 2 to turn around (an undesirable situation)
  3. 3 (mechanics) torsion
扭头
niǔ tóu
  1. 1 to turn one's head
  2. 2 to turn around
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
扭
niǔ
  1. 1 to turn
  2. 2 to twist
  3. 3 to wring
  4. 4 to sprain
  5. 5 to swing one's hips
扭力
niǔ lì
  1. 1 torque
  2. 2 turning force
  3. 3 torsion
扭打
niǔ dǎ
  1. 1 to wrestle
  2. 2 to grapple
  3. 3 to scuffle
扭摆
niǔ bǎi
  1. 1 to twist and sway (one's body)
扭矩
niǔ jǔ
  1. 1 torque
  2. 2 turning force
扭结
niǔ jié
  1. 1 to tangle up
  2. 2 to twist together
  3. 3 to wind
扭腰
niǔ yāo
  1. 1 to sway one's hips
  2. 2 to twist one's waist
扭亏
niǔ kuī
  1. 1 to make good a deficit
  2. 2 to reverse a loss
歪歪扭扭
wāi wāi niǔ niǔ
  1. 1 crooked
  2. 2 not straight
  3. 3 staggering from side to side
闹别扭
nào biè niu
  1. 1 to be difficult with sb
  2. 2 to provoke disagreement
  3. 3 at loggerheads
  4. 4 to fall out with

Idioms (3)

七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 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)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around

Sample Sentences

我正为这个发愁呢。我还专门买了文房四宝来练习。可是我的横和捺还是写得有些别扭。
wǒ zhèng wèi zhège fāchóu ne 。wǒ hái zhuānmén mǎi le wénfángsìbǎo lái liànxí 。kěshì wǒ de héng hé nà hái shì xiě de yǒuxiē bièniu 。
This is what I am troubled by. I also intentionally bought the ‘four treasures of the study’ to practice. But my horizontal strokes and right strokes still look awkward.
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