别扭

别扭 [biè niu]

1. ■ （难对付） difficult to deal with; troublesome; hard to get along with; uncomfortable:

这个人真别扭。 That chap is really difficult to deal with.

她刚来牧区的时候，生活上感到有点别扭。 When she first came to this pastoral area, she found life here a bit difficult to get used to.

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常用词组

1. ■ （意见不相投） can not see eye to eye; not get along well:

闹别扭 be at odds; be at cross-purposes

2. ■ （不通顺; 不流畅） not smooth; awkward; unnatural:

这句话有点别扭。 This sentence is a bit awkward.

3. ■ （不顺心） disagreeable; wretched; morose; eccentric:

这天儿真别扭， 一会下雨， 一会儿出太阳。 The weather is really disagreeable; one minute the sun shines， the next it is raining again.

这个抽屉很别扭， 不好开。 The drawer is very stubborn; it doesn't open easily.

老张因为病老不好， 心里很别扭。 Lao Zhang feels very wretched because his illness isn't getting any better.