Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 扭

to turn
to twist
to wring
to sprain
to swing one's hips

torque
turning force
torsion

to turn one's head
to turn around

to twist
to warp
to distort

to make good a deficit
to reverse a loss

toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)

torque
turning force

to wrestle
to grapple
to scuffle

a sprain
a crick
to sprain

to wring

awkward
difficult
uncomfortable
not agreeing
at loggerheads
gauche

affecting shyness or embarrassment
coy
mincing (walk, manner of speech)
mannered

to twist and sway (one's body)

to reverse
to turn around (an undesirable situation)
(mechanics) torsion

to sway one's hips
to twist one's waist

to tangle up
to twist together
to wind

to be difficult with sb
to provoke disagreement
at loggerheads
to fall out with

Twister (game)

takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
goat-antelope

wāiwāi-niǔniǔ

crooked; askew

misshapen
crooked
uneven (idiom)

niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn

lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
fig. to change the course of events
to turn things around

niǔkuīwéiyíng

to get into the black; to become profitable

gāowánniǔzhuǎn

(medicine) testicular torsion

niǔniǔniēniē

affecting shyness or embarrassment
coy
mincing (walk, manner of speech)
mannered

qiǎngniǔdeguābùtián

强扭的瓜不甜

[強扭的瓜不甜]

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