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 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
2 fig. to change the course of events
3 to turn things around
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
捏一把汗
niē yī bǎ hàn
1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
3 bullies pick soft targets
砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng
1 to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)