咬字眼儿 yǎozìyǎnr to nitpick Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 咬 yǎo to be pedantic To be nitpicking or pedantic about the use of words or phrasing字眼儿 字眼兒 zìyǎnr fault-finding minor errors or flaws; often used in the context of nitpicking or picking apart someone's speech or writing