挑毛剔刺
tiāo​máo​tī​cì

to find fault

  • created sense approved 挑毛剔刺 · tiāo​máo​tī​cì · to find fault — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挑毛剔刺

    tiāo​máo​tī​cì

    to find fault

    to find fault; to nitpick; to be captious

    挑 (literal) → 挑 · tiāo · to nitpick 毛 (literal) → 毛 · máo · hair 剔 (literal) → 剔 · tī · to weed out 刺 (literal) → 刺 · cì · thorn

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

    created sense