曲解

qūjiě

verb #14,667

Meanings

1 to misinterpret
2 to misrepresent; to distort

Characters

crooked; bent; wrong

to explain; to interpret

Examples

你曲解了我的意思。

Nǐ qūjiě le wǒ de yìsi.

You misinterpreted what I meant.

媒体经常曲解政治家的话。

Méitǐ jīngcháng qūjiě zhèngzhìjiā dehuà.

The media often distorts what politicians say.

Tips

memory

曲 (crooked/bent) + 解 (to interpret) — to interpret in a crooked way, i.e. to twist the meaning. Note: 曲 here is read qū (not qǔ as in music).

Stroke Order

曲 qǔ

解 jiě