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拿捏 拿捏 [[na2nie1]] /(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control/(dialect) affecting shyness; coy/(dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten/ 705 2
[nie1] /variant of 捏[nie1]/ 4883 1
[nie1] /to hold between the thumb and fingers/to pinch/to mold (using the fingers)/to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)/to join together/to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)/ 2010 1
捏估 捏估 [nie1 gu5] /to act as a go-between/ 7100 1
捏合 捏合 [nie1 he2] /to act as a go between/ 7100 1
捏積 捏积 [nie1 ji1] /see 捏脊[nie1 ji3]/ 4924 1
捏脊 捏脊 [nie1 ji3] /form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)/ 4121 1
捏脊治療 捏脊治疗 [nie1 ji3 zhi4 liao2] /chiropractic (medicine)/ 6171 1
捏一把汗 捏一把汗 [nie1 yi1 ba3 han4] /to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)/ 4163 1
捏一把冷汗 捏一把冷汗 [nie1 yi1 ba3 leng3 han4] /to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)/ 4163 1
捏造 捏造 [nie1 zao4] /to make up/to fabricate/ 7100 1
捏碎 捏碎 [[nie1sui4]] /to crush (sth) in one's hand/ 874 2
扭捏 扭捏 [niu3 nie5] /affecting shyness or embarrassment/coy/mincing (walk, manner of speech)/mannered/ 6310 1
扭扭捏捏 扭扭捏捏 [niu3 niu3 nie1 nie1] /affecting shyness or embarrassment/coy/mincing (walk, manner of speech)/mannered/ 6310 1
憑空捏造 凭空捏造 [ping2 kong1 nie1 zao4] /fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up/ 6332 1
砌詞捏控 砌词捏控 [qi4 ci2 nie1 kong4] /to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)/ 6104 1
柿子挑軟的捏 柿子挑软的捏 [shi4 zi5 tiao1 ruan3 de5 nie1] /lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)/fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on/bullies pick soft targets/ 2603 1

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