捏脊
niē jǐ
Pinyin

Definition

捏脊
 - 
niē jǐ
  1. 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)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

niē
  1. 1 to pinch (with one's fingers)
  2. 2 to knead
  3. 3 to make up
niǔ nie
  1. 1 affecting shyness or embarrassment
  2. 2 coy
  3. 3 mincing (walk, manner of speech)
  4. 4 mannered
ná niē
  1. 1 to grasp
  2. 2 (dialect) affecting shyness
  3. 3 coy
  4. 4 to create difficulties
niē zào
  1. 1 to make up
  2. 2 to fabricate
jǐ zhù
  1. 1 spinal column
  2. 2 columna vertebralis

Idioms (6)

凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
  1. 1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
捏一把汗
niē yī bǎ hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
  1. 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
  3. 3 bullies pick soft targets
砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng
  1. 1 to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)