挑字眼儿
tiāo​zì​yǎn​r

to quibble

  • created sense approved 挑字眼儿/挑字眼兒 · tiāo​zì​yǎn​r · to quibble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挑字眼儿 / 挑字眼兒

    tiāo​zì​yǎn​r

    to quibble

    to find fault with the choice of words; to pick holes in what someone says; to be overly critical of wording

    挑, 字眼儿

    挑 (literal) → 挑 · tiāo · to nitpick 字眼儿 (literal) → 字眼儿/字眼兒 · zì​yǎn​r · fault-finding

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

    created sense