挑幺挑六 — “To be excessively picky”
挑幺挑六 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be excessively picky”. To nitpick; to find fault with minor details.
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挑幺挑六 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑幺挑六 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 挑幺挑六
他对待任何事情都喜欢挑幺挑六，很少有能让他完全满意的时候。
He always likes to nitpick about everything, and there is rarely a time when he is completely satisfied.
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Synonyms of 挑幺挑六
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- 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
- 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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What does 挑幺挑六 mean?
挑幺挑六 (tiāo yāo tiāo liù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be excessively picky”.
How do you pronounce 挑幺挑六?
挑幺挑六 is pronounced tiāo yāo tiāo liù in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑幺挑六?
幺、六：骰子的点了。挑剔，找差错。