揪辫子
jiū​biàn​zi

to seize on shortcomings

  • created reference approved 揪辫子/揪辮子 → 抓辫子/抓辮子 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    揪辫子 / 揪辮子 jiū​biàn​zi

    抓辫子 / 抓辮子 zhuā​biàn​zi

    same_as

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

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  • created sense approved 揪辫子/揪辮子 · jiū​biàn​zi · to seize on shortcomings — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    揪辫子 / 揪辮子

    jiū​biàn​zi

    to seize on shortcomings

    to grab someone by the hair; used to mean seizing on another person's mistakes or weak points to use against them

    揪, 辫子

    揪 (literal) → 揪 · jiū · to seize and pull 辫子 (literal) → 辫子/辮子 · biàn​zi · leverage

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

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