Read Edit View history 吹毛求疵 chuīmáoqiúcī to nitpick Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 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. Edit Delete References Add reference variant 吹毛求疵/吹毛求疵 → 吹毛求瑕/吹毛求瑕 Edit Delete same_as 吹毛求瑕/吹毛求瑕 → 吹毛求疵/吹毛求疵 Edit Delete synonym 洗垢求瘢/洗垢求瘢 → 吹毛求疵/吹毛求疵 Edit Delete
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. Edit Delete