"Strained" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 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 | |
