English | Chinese |
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pinch [pinches] (action of squeezing a small amount of skin) noun [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 掐 /qiā/noun |
pinch [pinches] (difficult situation) noun [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 困境 /kùnjìng/noun |
pinch [pinched, pinching, pinches] (horticulture: to cut shoots or buds) verb [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 修剪 /xiūjiǎn/verb |
pinch [pinched, pinching, pinches] (nautical: to sail close-hauled) verb [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 抢风 /qiāngfēng/verb 搶風verb 逆風verb 逆风 /nìfēng/verb |
pinch [pinches] (small amount of powder) noun [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 捻 /niǎn/noun |
pinch [pinched, pinching, pinches] (to arrest or capture) verb [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 抓 /zhuā/verb 逮 /dài/verb |
pinch [pinched, pinching, pinches] (to squeeze a small amount of skin) verb [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 捏 /niē/verb 掐 /qiā/verb |
pinch [pinched, pinching, pinches] (to steal) verb [UK: pɪntʃ] [US: ˈpɪntʃ] | 偷 /tōu/verb |
feel the pinch (to suffer a hardship) verb [UK: fiːl ðə pɪntʃ] [US: ˈfiːl ðə ˈpɪntʃ] | 手頭拮据verb |
in a pinch (in a difficult situation) preposition [UK: ɪn ə pɪntʃ] [US: ɪn ə ˈpɪntʃ] | 在紧要关头 /zài jǐnyào guāntóu/preposition 在緊要關頭preposition |