扭伤
niǔ shāng
Pinyin

Definition

扭伤
 - 
niǔ shāng
  1. a sprain
  2. a crick
  3. to sprain

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

那你今天还那么勤劳健身？我懂那种痛，我脚踝韧带也扭伤过。
nà nǐ jīntiān hái nàme qínláo jiànshēn ？wǒ dǒng nà zhǒng tòng ，wǒ jiǎohuái rèndài yě niǔshāng guò 。
Then why are you working out so hard today? I understand that kind of pain. I’ve twisted my ankle ligament before.
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我上个月打篮球，抢篮板落地的时候一个没注意，左脚踝就扭伤了，当下痛到我眼泪都飙出来。
wǒ shànggèyuè dǎ lánqiú ，qiǎng lánbǎn luò dì de shíhou yī ge méi zhùyì ，zuǒ jiǎohuái jiù niǔshāng le ，dāngxià tòng dào wǒ yǎnlèi dōu biāo chūlái 。
Last month playing basketball, when I hit the ground after going for a rebound I accidentally twisted my left ankle. At the time it was so painful, tears gushed out of my eyes.
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