吹毛求疵 chuīmáoqiúcī to nitpick Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吹毛求疵 chuīmáoqiúcī to nitpick To be fastidious or overcritical; literally, to blow apart the hairs on a fur to look for tiny defects. It describes deliberately looking for faults or shortcomings in others. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.19 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.551 per million Cross-References Variant of 吹毛求瑕 chuīmáoqiúxiáSynonym 洗垢求瘢 xǐgòuqiúbān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
吹毛求疵 chuīmáoqiúcī to nitpick To be fastidious or overcritical; literally, to blow apart the hairs on a fur to look for tiny defects. It describes deliberately looking for faults or shortcomings in others. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.19 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.551 per million Cross-References Variant of 吹毛求瑕 chuīmáoqiúxiáSynonym 洗垢求瘢 xǐgòuqiúbān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
