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Open the tool →鼻垩挥斤 (bí è huī jīn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to skillfully and precisely point out and correct errors”.
鼻垩挥斤 is pronounced bí è huī jīn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 鼻垩挥斤 means “Wielding an axe to chip off chalk/plaster from the nose”. It is used to mean “to skillfully and precisely point out and correct errors”.
挥舞斧头削除鼻端之垩。比喻指正错误。