"twist a cord" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zhěn crooked / obstinate / twist a cord
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
táo bind / cord / twist
táo bind / cord / twist
扭曲 niǔ qū to twist / to warp / to distort syn
天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn
麻花 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) syn
扭腰 niǔ yāo to sway one's hips / to twist one's waist
拧开 擰開 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
强词夺理 強詞奪理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats syn
扭结 扭結 niǔ jié to tangle up / to twist together / to wind syn
luò net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body syn
léi rope / to bind together / to twist around syn
niǔ to turn / to twist / to wring / to sprain / to swing one's hips syn
jiǎo to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn syn
wǎng to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain syn
cuō to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist syn
nǐng mistake / to twist syn
lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread syn
liè tear / twist
yuān a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty
扭摆 扭擺 niǔ bǎi to twist and sway (one's body)
缠络 纏絡 chán luò to wind around / to twist and turn (of road or river)
拧成一股绳 擰成一股繩 níng chéng yī gǔ shéng to twist (strands) together to form a rope / (fig.) to unite / to work together
强扭的瓜不甜 強扭的瓜不甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián 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) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
ǎo (dialect) to twist / to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape) syn
电线 電線 diàn xiàn wire / power cord / CL:根[gen1] syn
绳子 繩子 shéng zi cord / string / rope / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
线缆 線纜 xiàn lǎn cable / wire / cord (computer)
脊髓 jǐ suǐ spinal cord / medulla spinalis
延长线 延長線 yán cháng xiàn extension cord / extended line / powerstrip
脐带 臍帶 qí dài umbilical cord
细绳 細繩 xì shéng string / twine / cord
埋线 埋線 mái xiàn sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
帘布 簾布 lián bù cord fabric used in vehicle tires
墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
shòu cord on a seal
mín cord / fishing-line / string of coins syn
gǔn cord / embroidered sash / to sew
hóng cord for hat / vast
ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
tīng silk braided cord
xiāng cord to hold up sleeves
téng bind / cord / tie up
hóng cord for hat / vast
tāo braid / cord / sash
bind / cord
七和弦 qī hé xián seventh (musical cord)
印纽 印紐 yìn niǔ decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
印钮 印鈕 yìn niǔ decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
印鼻 yìn bí decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
神经索 神經索 shén jīng suǒ nerve cord
纵神经索 縱神經索 zòng shén jīng suǒ longitudinal nerve cord
脊髓炎 jǐ suǐ yán myelitis / inflammation of spinal cord
脐梗 臍梗 qí gěng umbilical cord
精索 jīng suǒ spermatic cord (anatomy)
尼龙索 尼龍索 ní lóng suǒ nylon cord
导爆索 導爆索 dǎo bào suǒ detonating cord
继爆管 繼爆管 jì bào guǎn detonating cord amplifier
导爆中继药柱 導爆中繼藥柱 detonating cord amplifier
导爆索故障 導爆索故障 detonating cord failure
𬙊 bind / cord
𬙋 xiāng cord to hold up sleeves
坎炁 kǎn qì (TCM) umbilical cord (used as medicine)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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