1 awkward

2 difficult

3 uncomfortable

4 not agreeing

5 at loggerheads

6 gauche

1 to twist

2 to warp

3 to distort

1 to turn one's head

2 to turn around

1 lit. compass and set square

2 fig. established standard

3 rule

4 customs

5 practices

6 fig. upright and honest

7 well-behaved

1 to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly

2 to act according to convention

1 misshapen

2 crooked

3 uneven (idiom)

1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

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

1 to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly

2 to act according to convention

1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)

2 fig. to change the course of events

3 to turn things around