挑肥揀瘦
tiāo​féi​jiǎn​shòu

to be choosy

  • created sense approved 挑肥拣瘦/挑肥揀瘦 · tiāo​féi​jiǎn​shòu · to be choosy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挑肥拣瘦 / 挑肥揀瘦

    tiāo​féi​jiǎn​shòu

    to be choosy

    to cherry-pick for one's own benefit; to be fastidious or over-critical about what one is willing to accept; often used to describe someone who picks easy or profitable tasks while avoiding hard work

    挑 (literal) → 挑 · tiāo · to choose 肥 (literal) → 肥 · féi · fat 拣 (literal) → 拣/揀 · jiǎn · to choose 瘦 (literal) → 瘦 · shòu · lean

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

    created sense