To change the course of a situation; to remedy or correct an undesirable trend, such as ending a state of confusion or turning a deficit into a profit.

To distort or misrepresent something non-physical such as facts, history, or a person's mental state

To turn one's head or look back

not smooth or well-coordinated; awkward in speech, writing, or appearance

to sprain or wrench a joint or muscle through sudden twisting

turning force that causes rotation; torque; torsion; twist

To stop or turn around a financial deficit in an enterprise; to change an economic situation from losing money to making a profit

to wriggle; to squirm; to writhe; to swing or sway a part of the body

To break something by twisting or wrenching it.

to go from a deficit to a surplus; to get into the black; to become profitable

to wrestle, grapple, or scuffle; to fight while pulling and grabbing each other

To seize or grab a criminal or suspect and forcibly take them to a police station or other authority.

to fall out with someone; to be difficult with each other because of a disagreement or grudge

to turn the tide or change the course of events; specifically refers to flipping a situation from failure to success or from bad to good

twisting force; turning force; torsion; often refers to the rotational force produced by a vehicle engine

To deliberately sway or wiggle one's body while walking

To twist one's body or turn around.

Affecting shyness or embarrassment; behaving in a coy, mannered, or bashful way that lacks confidence or naturalness.

crooked; askew; twisted or messy in appearance

to perform the [[秧歌|秧歌|yang1 ge5]] dance, a popular rural folk dance in northern China

to twist or wind together; to tangle up (of thread, hair, etc.)

to twist or sway one's body while moving

crooked; askew; messy and all over the place

misshapen or crooked; used to describe objects or shapes that are uneven, distorted, or not straight

crooked; twisted; winding; a twist or bend

takin; a large, bovine-like goat-antelope native to the Himalayas, also known as the [[羚牛|羚牛|ling2 niu2]]

walk with a rolling or swaying gait; to move with a side-to-side wiggle when walking

to twist and pull; to seize each other or grapple during a struggle

all twisted and crooked; messy and not in a straight line

a muscle strain or sprain caused by sudden or excessive movement

To strike a pose or act in a self-conscious and artificial manner

the sound of something creaking or squeaking, especially from friction when an object turns or a door opens

Literally "a melon forced off the vine is not sweet"; used as a metaphor to mean that if something is not meant to be, or if someone is coerced into doing something, the outcome will not be satisfying or successful.

to walk in a gentle or affected manner, typically of women

the physical party game Twister

a popular 1960s dance characterized by swinging the hips and torso without touching one's partner

to be affectedly bashful or mincing in one's manner; to behave in an unnatural or artificial way

(idiom) to distort the facts or misrepresent the truth; to turn things upside down or twist right and wrong

a state of being twisted or pulled out of shape; contortion

a type of candy made of two or three strands of malt sugar twisted together

To swing or sway the waist and hips, as in dancing or exercising.

a toy inside a plastic capsule, typically dispensed from a vending machine

to change an unfavorable situation or stop a downward trend

acting in an affectedly bashful, coy, or mincing manner, including in one's gait

to grab and clutch each other during a fight; to pull and drag one another

(medicine) testicular torsion

the underdog cannot match a superior force, literally the arm cannot twist harder than the thigh