歪曲
wāiqū
to distort; to twist
Characters in this word
曲 qǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 为了证明自己的立场，他故意歪曲对方的原话，导致讨论完全偏离了事实本身。 Wèile zhèngmíng zìjǐ de lìchǎng, tā gùyì wāiqū duìfāng de yuánhuà, dǎozhì tǎolùn wánquán piānlí le shìshí běnshēn. To prove his own position, he deliberately distorted the other side's original words, causing the discussion to move completely away from the facts themselves.
- 报道歪曲了事件的真相，引起了很多人的不满。 Bàodào wāiqū le shìjiàn de zhēnxiàng, yǐnqǐ le hěn duō rén de bùmǎn. The report distorted the truth of the incident, causing dissatisfaction among many people.
- 别歪曲我的意思，我不是这个打算。 Bié wāiqū wǒ de yìsi, wǒ bù shì zhè ge dǎsuàn. Don't twist my meaning—that's not what I intend.
Related words
- 歪 wāi crooked
- 歌曲 gēqǔ song
- 曲 qǔ song, tune
- 弯曲 wānqū curved
- 戏曲 xìqǔ traditional opera
- 乐曲 yuèqǔ musical composition
- 插曲 chāqǔ episode; interlude; minor incident
- 扭曲 niǔqū to distort; to twist
- 曲线 qūxiàn curve; curved line; indirect approach
- 曲折 qūzhé winding; complicated; tortuous
- 曲艺 qǔyì folk art forms; quyi
- 主题曲 zhǔtíqǔ theme song