| bāi | to break with both hands |
| 掰 | to break with both hands |
| 掰开 | to pull apart to pry open with the hands |
| 掰开揉碎 | lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp fig. to analyze minutely from every angle to chew sth over |
| 掰脸 | To flip, to get angry. |
| 掰腕子 | do arm wrestling; hand wrestling |