歪曲
wāi qū
Pinyin

Definition

歪曲
 - 
wāi qū
  1. to distort
  2. to misrepresent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

单曲
dān qǔ
  1. 1 single (recording industry)
曲
Qū
  1. 1 surname Qu
歌曲
gē qǔ
  1. 1 song
交响曲
jiāo xiǎng qǔ
  1. 1 symphony
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作曲家
zuò qǔ jiā
  1. 1 composer
  2. 2 songwriter
催眠曲
cuī mián qǔ
  1. 1 lullaby
协奏曲
xié zòu qǔ
  1. 1 concerto
名曲
míng qǔ
  1. 1 famous song
  2. 2 well-known piece of music
圆舞曲
yuán wǔ qǔ
  1. 1 waltz
夜曲
yè qǔ
  1. 1 nocturne (music)
奏鸣曲
zòu míng qǔ
  1. 1 sonata
委曲
wěi qū
  1. 1 sinuous
  2. 2 devious
  3. 3 full details of a story
  4. 4 to stoop
小曲
xiǎo qǔ
  1. 1 popular song
  2. 2 folk tune
  3. 3 ballad
序曲
xù qǔ
  1. 1 overture
弯曲
wān qū
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 to curve around
  3. 3 curved
  4. 4 crooked
  5. 5 to wind
  6. 6 to warp
戏曲
xì qǔ
  1. 1 Chinese opera
扭曲
niǔ qū
  1. 1 to twist
  2. 2 to warp
  3. 3 to distort
卷曲
juǎn qū
  1. 1 to curl (hair)
  2. 2 to crimp
  3. 3 to roll up
  4. 4 curly
插曲
chā qǔ
  1. 1 music played during a movie, play etc
  2. 2 incidental music
  3. 3 music played in a theatrical interlude
  4. 4 (fig.) incident
  5. 5 episode

Idioms (15)

七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
  1. 1 lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
  2. 2 pros and cons
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take preventive measures
曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
  1. 1 perfect finish (idiom)
曲肱而枕
qū gōng ér zhěn
  1. 1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. content with simple things
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
  1. 1 difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
  2. 2 highbrow
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
  1. 1 to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
  2. 2 to sway
  3. 3 (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
歪风邪气
wāi fēng xié qì
  1. 1 noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
脚正不怕鞋歪
jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi
  1. 1 lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe
  2. 2 an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
  2. 2 going around in circles
邪门歪道
xié mén wāi dào
  1. 1 lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices
  2. 2 crooked methods
  3. 3 dishonesty

Sample Sentences

那是他们歪曲了慈善的含义。慈是慈悲，善是善良，最重要的是有这样的心。
nàshì tāmen wāiqū le císhàn de hányì 。cí shì cíbēi ，shàn shì shànliáng ，zuì zhòngyào de shì yǒu zhèyàng de xīn 。
They've distorted the implications of charity. The most important thing is to have a heart filled with mercy and goodness.
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如果说把易经和占卜算命混为一谈的话，其实是歪曲了伏羲他老人家的本意啊。
rúguǒ shuō bǎ Yìjīng hé zhānbǔ suànmìng hùnwéiyītán dehuà ，qíshí shì wāiqū le Fúxī tā lǎorénjiā de běnyì a 。
To confuse the I Ching with divination and fortune telling, is actually a distortion of the founder, Fuxi's original meaning.
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