挑么挑六 — “To be picky”
挑么挑六 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be picky”. To find fault; to nitpick. Literally, “pick one, pick six”.
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挑么挑六 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑么挑六 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 挑么挑六
她对什么事情都挑么挑六，很少有满意的时候。
She is picky about everything and rarely satisfied.
Idioms Related to 挑么挑六
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
- 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
- tiǎo挑bō拨shān煽huò惑sow discord and instigate trouble
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Open the tool →Questions about 挑么挑六
What does 挑么挑六 mean?
挑么挑六 (tiāo yāo tiāo liù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be picky”.
How do you pronounce 挑么挑六?
挑么挑六 is pronounced tiāo yāo tiāo liù in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 挑么挑六 literally mean?
Literally, 挑么挑六 means “pick one, pick six”. It is used to mean “to be picky”.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑么挑六?
挑剔，找差错。