挑挑剔剔 — “To be excessively particular or critical in selecting”
挑挑剔剔 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be excessively particular or critical in selecting”. To be fastidious or nitpicky.
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挑挑剔剔 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑挑剔剔 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 挑挑剔剔
她买衣服总是挑挑剔剔，一定要找到最合心意的才肯罢休。
She is always very particular when buying clothes, insisting on finding the most satisfactory one before giving up.
Idioms Related to 挑挑剔剔
Synonyms of 挑挑剔剔
More idioms starting with 挑
- tiāo挑sān三xián嫌sì四to be overly picky and find fault
- tiāo挑sān三bō拨sì四sow discord and stir up trouble
- tiāo挑sān三jiǎn检sì四overly picky and fastidious
- tiǎo挑sān三wō窝sì四sow discord and stir up trouble
- tiāo挑sān三huō豁sì四stir up trouble
- tiāo挑yāo么tiāo挑liù六to be picky and find fault
- tiǎo挑chún唇liào料zuǐ嘴bicker noisily over trivial matters
- tiǎo挑dà大liáng梁bear the main responsibility
- tiāo挑zì字yǎn眼er儿nitpick over words
- tiāo挑yāo幺tiāo挑liù六to be excessively picky
- tiǎo挑dé得lán篮lǐ里biàn便shì是cài菜take whatever is available
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What does 挑挑剔剔 mean?
挑挑剔剔 (tiāo tiāo ti tī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be excessively particular or critical in selecting”.
How do you pronounce 挑挑剔剔?
挑挑剔剔 is pronounced tiāo tiāo ti tī in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑挑剔剔?
仔细而慎重地或显然存心挑剔地挑选