挑毛拣刺 — “To deliberately find fault”
挑毛拣刺 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliberately find fault”. To nitpick, or to be overly critical about minor imperfections. Literally, “Pick hairs and choose thorns”.
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挑毛拣刺 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑毛拣刺 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 挑毛拣刺
他总是对别人的工作挑毛拣刺，很少给出积极的评价。
He always nitpicks at others' work, rarely giving positive feedback.
Idioms Related to 挑毛拣刺
Synonyms of 挑毛拣刺
More idioms starting with 挑
- tiāo挑sān三xián嫌sì四to be overly picky and find fault
- tiāo挑sān三jiǎn拣sì四overly particular or fussy
- 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 挑毛拣刺 mean?
挑毛拣刺 (tiāo máo jiǎn cì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliberately find fault”.
How do you pronounce 挑毛拣刺?
挑毛拣刺 is pronounced tiāo máo jiǎn cì in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 挑毛拣刺 literally mean?
Literally, 挑毛拣刺 means “Pick hairs and choose thorns”. It is used to mean “to deliberately find fault”.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑毛拣刺?
故意挑剔毛病。