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  • Pinyin: niē
  • Traditional: 捏
  • HSK: new-7+
  • Part of speech: v
  • 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)