捏

to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

variant of 捏[nie1]

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

sun / day / date, day of the month

affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)

to act as a go between

to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)

affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered

to crush (sth) in one's hand

to act as a go-between

see 捏脊[nie1 ji3]

to grasp / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / to create difficulties