挑针打眼 — Chinese Idiom
挑针打眼 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to nitpick or criticize harshly, often with malicious intent or hostility; to find fault with everything”.
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挑针打眼 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑针打眼 Character Breakdown
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他总是对新同事的工作挑针打眼，让对方感到压力很大。
He always nitpicks and harshly criticizes the new colleague's work, which puts a lot of pressure on them.
Idioms Related to 挑针打眼
Synonyms of 挑针打眼
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 挑针打眼 mean?
挑针打眼 (tiāo zhēn dǎ yǎn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to nitpick or criticize harshly, often with malicious intent or hostility; to find fault with everything”.
How do you pronounce 挑针打眼?
挑针打眼 is pronounced tiāo zhēn dǎ yǎn in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑针打眼?
苛评，带有一定程度的敌意的批评或评论