挑刺儿
tiāo​cì​r

to find fault

  • created reference approved 挑刺儿/挑刺兒 → 挑刺 (erhua_variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挑刺儿 / 挑刺兒 tiāo​cì​r

    挑刺 tiāo​cì

    erhua_variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 挑刺儿/挑刺兒 · tiāo​cì​r · to find fault — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挑刺儿 / 挑刺兒

    tiāo​cì​r

    to find fault

    To nitpick or intentionally look for minor flaws in someone's speech or actions; to be hypercritical.

    tiāo​cèr

    挑, 刺儿

    挑 (literal) → 挑 · tiāo · to nitpick 刺儿 (literal) → 刺儿/刺兒 · cì​r · fault

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

    created sense