拧[níng]

动

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

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拧[nǐng]
动

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.

形wrong; mistaken

♦ 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”.

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