求全責備
qiú​quán​zé​bèi

to demand perfection

  • created sense approved 求全责备/求全責備 · qiú​quán​zé​bèi · to demand perfection — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    求全责备 / 求全責備

    qiú​quán​zé​bèi

    to demand perfection

    To demand perfection of people or things; to be overly critical in seeking absolute flawlessness. In this idiom, the characters [[责|責|ze2]] and [[备|備|bei4]] together mean "to demand completeness" rather than "to criticize"

    求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek 全 (literal) → 全 · quán · complete 责备 (literal) → 责备/責備 · zé​bèi · to demand perfection

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

    created sense