扭曲
niǔ​qū HSK7

to distort

  • created sense approved 扭曲 · niǔ​qū · to twist — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扭曲

    niǔ​qū

    to twist

    To twist or warp an object so that its physical shape changes

    扭 (literal) → 扭 · niǔ · to twist 曲 (literal) → 曲 · qū · bent

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 扭曲 · niǔ​qū · to distort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扭曲

    niǔ​qū

    to distort

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

    扭 (literal) → 扭 · niǔ · to twist 曲 (literal) → 曲 · qū · to distort

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense