- 1. twist; wring
- ♦ ~麻绳 twist hemp into rope
- ♦ 把衣服~干 wring out wet clothes
- 2. pinch; tweak
- ♦ ~了他一把 give him a pinch 另见 nǐng
- 1. twist; screw
- ♦ ~开瓶盖 screw (or twist) the cap off a bottle
- ♦ ~上盖子 screw a lid on
- ♦ ~紧螺丝 tighten up a screw
- 2. differ; disagree; be at cross-purposes
- ♦ 两个人越说越~。 The more they talked, the more they disagreed.
- ♦ 他想说“小题大做”, 说~了, 说成“大题小做”。 He meant to say “make a mountain out of a molehill, ” but he got it the wrong way round and said “make a molehill out of a mountain”. 另见 níng
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