拘泥小節
jū​nì​xiǎo​jié

to be bogged down by trifles

  • created sense approved 拘泥小节/拘泥小節 · jū​nì​xiǎo​jié · to be bogged down by trifles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拘泥小节 / 拘泥小節

    jū​nì​xiǎo​jié

    to be bogged down by trifles

    to be tied down by insignificant details or etiquette; to be overly concerned with trivialities

    拘泥 (literal) → 拘泥 · jū​nì · to rigidly adhere to 小节 (literal) → 小节/小節 · xiǎo​jié · minor matter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense