七扭八歪 — Chinese idiom
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
Meaning
- misshapen
- crooked
- uneven
Character by character
- 七qīseven
- 扭niǔto turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize
- 八bāeight; all around, all sides
- 歪wāislanted, askew, awry
Idioms sharing a character
- 七弯八拐 qī wān bā guǎi
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 七折八扣 qī zhé bā kòu
- 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān
- 七零八落 qī líng bā luò
- 乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo
- 横七竖八 héng qī shù bā
- 乌七八糟 wū qī bā zāo
- 扭亏为盈 niǔ kuī wéi yíng
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