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1 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)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

扭转乾坤

niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn

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

Sample Sentences

毛笔沾墨汁的时候，不要转动，不然笔毛会交错扭曲，不好写。

máobǐ zhān mòzhī de shíhou ，bù yào zhuǎndòng ，bùrán bǐ máo huì jiāocuò niǔqǔ ，bù hǎo xiě 。

When you are dabbing the brush in ink, don't spin it. The bristles of the brush will become twisted and intertwined, making it difficult to write.

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如果孩子的叛逆性非常强，这种教育方法可能会引起比较严重的后果，即孩子强烈的叛逆和不遵从，如果孩子从小一直在叛逆的状态下，长大后会引发一定的心理障碍以及扭曲，所以这一方法并不适用于所有孩子。

rúguǒ háizi de pànnì xìng fēicháng qiáng ，zhèzhǒng jiàoyù fāngfǎ kěnéng huì yǐnqǐ bǐ jiào yánzhòng de hòuguǒ ，jí háizi qiángliè de pànnì hé bù zūncóng ，rúguǒ háizi cóngxiǎo yīzhí zài pànnì de zhuàngtài xià ，zhǎngdà hòu huì yǐnfā yīdìng de xīnlǐ zhàngài yǐjí niǔqū ，suǒyǐ zhè yī fāngfǎ bìng bùshì yòngyú suǒyǒu háizi 。

If the child is rebellious, then this kind of education may cause some serious consequences, such as rebelling. If the child grew up from such a rebellious condition, even more extreme rebelling. Thus, this way of education does not apply to all kids.

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诶？这个花盆的造型怎么这么……奇特呀？歪七扭八的。

ēi ？zhège huāpén de zàoxíng zěnme zhème ……qítè ya ？wāiqīniǔbā de 。

Huh? How is the design of this flower pot so… unique? It’s all warped.

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那你今天还那么勤劳健身？我懂那种痛，我脚踝韧带也扭伤过。

nà nǐ jīntiān hái nàme qínláo jiànshēn ？wǒ dǒng nà zhǒng tòng ，wǒ jiǎohuái rèndài yě niǔshāng guò 。

Then why are you working out so hard today? I understand that kind of pain. I’ve twisted my ankle ligament before.

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我上个月打篮球，抢篮板落地的时候一个没注意，左脚踝就扭伤了，当下痛到我眼泪都飙出来。

wǒ shànggèyuè dǎ lánqiú ，qiǎng lánbǎn luò dì de shíhou yī ge méi zhùyì ，zuǒ jiǎohuái jiù niǔshāng le ，dāngxià tòng dào wǒ yǎnlèi dōu biāo chūlái 。

Last month playing basketball, when I hit the ground after going for a rebound I accidentally twisted my left ankle. At the time it was so painful, tears gushed out of my eyes.

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我…我就骂了几句脏话，说他们不懂得尊重孩子自己的意愿，扭头走了……

wǒ …wǒ jiù mà le jǐjù zānghuà ，shuō tāmen bù dǒngdé zūnzhòng háizi zìjǐ de yìyuàn ，niǔ tóu zǒu le ……

Me... I just swore at them a bit, telling them that they had no respect for the child's wants, and then I turned around and left...

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没错，为了让自己的公式和牛顿的公式一致，因此爱因斯坦开始着手研究一个新的理论，而解答就是广义相对论，该理论预测了大质量的物体会扭曲周遭的空间，造成附近的物体朝它“坠落”，也就是说，爱因斯坦发现空间是"弧形"的，那也表示即便是光，也会受到重力牵引的影响。

méicuò ，wèile ràng zìjǐ de gōngshì hé Niúdùn de gōngshì yīzhì ，yīncǐ Àiyīnsītǎn kāishǐ zhuóshǒu yánjiū yī gè xīn de lǐlùn ，ér jiědá jiùshì guǎngyì xiāngduìlùn ，gāi lǐlùn yùcè le dà zhìliàng de wùtǐ huì niǔqū zhōuzāo de kōngjiān ，zàochéng fùjìn de wùtǐ cháo tā “zhuìluò ”，yějiùshìshuō ，Àiyīnsītǎn fāxiàn kōngjiān shì "húxíng "de ，nà yě biǎoshì jíbiàn shì guāng ，yě huì shòudào zhònglì qiānyǐn de yǐngxiǎng 。

That's right. In order to make his own theory fit with that of Newton's, Einstein began to research a new theory, and the answer to this was the theory of general relativity. This theory predicted that objects with large masses would distort the space surrounding them, making the objects nearby "fall" towards them. That is to say, Einstein discovered that space is curved, which means that even light is affected by gravity.

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踢足球的时候把脚踝扭伤了，摔了一跤。

tī zúqiú de shíhou bǎ jiǎohuái niǔ shāng le ，shuāi le yī jiāo 。

I twisted my ankle playing football and fell over.

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我昨天在家里附近慢跑，还跑不到一半脚就扭到了。

wǒ zuótiān zài jiālǐ fùjìn mànpǎo ，hái pǎo bùdào yībàn jiǎo jiù niǔdào le 。

I was jogging near my house yesterday and I didn't get halfway before I sprained my ankle.

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是怎么扭到的？

shì zěnme niǔdào de ？

How did you sprain it?

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