扭nau2紋man4柴caai4

English

1. (noun) a whiny child; a child who frequently cries to get what he
2. she wants; a naughty or a mischievous child
3. literally crooked grain firewood; a whining, troublesome child who always tries to get what they want. ----unreviewed?
4. a person who is hard to please or deal with, stubborn, strange or demandingunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 好曳、好難教、成日刁難人嘅小朋友。unreviewed?
2. 好難服侍、好硬頸、刁鑽古怪嘅人unreviewed?

Examples

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  橫紋刀劈扭紋柴（1995年電影）

  Just Married (1995 comedy film); literally axe for straight grain cutting firewood with crooked grain; metaphor for the conflict between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law in the film