"Strained" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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紧张	jǐn zhāng	nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣\|阵[zhen4]
紧绷	jǐn bēng	to stretch taut / (of muscles etc) taut / strained / tense
紧绷绷	jǐn bēng bēng	tight / stretched / (face, lips) taut / strained
冷战	lěng zhàn	cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
戏说	xì shuō	dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
附会	fù huì	to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc) / to develop and embellish / to interpret (often in a strained manner)
鬻	yù	to sell, esp. in strained circumstances
米汤	mǐ tāng	water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
闹僵	nào jiāng	(of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense