鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī​dàn​li​tiāo​gǔ​tou

to nitpick

  • created sense approved 鸡蛋里挑骨头/雞蛋裡挑骨頭 · jī​dàn​li​tiāo​gǔ​tou · to nitpick — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸡蛋里挑骨头 / 雞蛋裡挑骨頭

    jī​dàn​li​tiāo​gǔ​tou

    to nitpick

    to look for bones in an egg; to find fault or pick holes even where there is no problem

    jī​dàn​lǐ​tiāo​gǔ​tou, jī​dàn​li​tiāo​gū​tou

    鸡蛋 (literal) → 鸡蛋/雞蛋 · jī​dàn · chicken egg 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in 挑 (literal) → 挑 · tiāo · to nitpick 骨头 (literal) → 骨头/骨頭 · gū​tou · bone

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

    created sense