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tiāo​titiāo​tī HSK7

to nitpick

tiāo​ti to nitpick
  1. 挑 tiāo adjectivenoun
    to nitpick
    to be fastidious; to find fault with; to pick on
  2. 剔 tī adjective
    to weed out
    To pick or sort through a group to remove things that are bad or below standard; to discard.

tiāo​tī to poke
  1. 挑 tiǎo adjective
    to poke up
    to push or poke something up with a long tool; to lift up or raise; to lance a boil or prick with a needle
  2. 剔 tī verb
    to pick
    To pick or scrape something out of a gap or hole with a pointed tool.

tiāo​tī to carve
  1. 挑 tiāo verb
    to choose
    to choose; to select; to pick out
  2. 剔 tī adjective
    to weed out
    To pick or sort through a group to remove things that are bad or below standard; to discard.