找刺儿
zhǎo cì r
Pinyin

Definition

找刺儿
 - 
zhǎo cì r5
  1. to find fault

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xún zhǎo
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
zhǎo
  1. 1 to try to find
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to call on sb
  4. 4 to find
  5. 5 to seek
  6. 6 to return
  7. 7 to give change
zhǎo dào
  1. 1 to find
  1. 1 (onom.) whoosh
cì jī
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to irritate
  3. 3 to upset
  4. 4 to stimulate
  5. 5 to excite
  6. 6 irritant
cì wei
  1. 1 hedgehog
zhǎo chū
  1. 1 to find
  2. 2 to search out
zhǎo huí
  1. 1 to retrieve
dú cì
  1. 1 venomous sting
fěng cì
  1. 1 to satirize
  2. 2 to mock
  3. 3 irony
  4. 4 satire
  5. 5 sarcasm
dào cì
  1. 1 barb
  2. 2 barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
cì wǔ jiā
  1. 1 manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
cì shāng
  1. 1 to stab
cì r5
  1. 1 a thorn
  2. 2 fig. to ridicule sb
  3. 3 fig. sth wrong
cì dāo
  1. 1 bayonet
cì shǐ
  1. 1 provincial governor (old)
cì zì
  1. 1 to tattoo
cì kè
  1. 1 assassin
cì tàn
  1. 1 to pry into
  2. 2 to spy on
  3. 3 to probe into
cì tóng
  1. 1 Indian coral tree
  2. 2 sunshine tree
  3. 3 tiger's claw
  4. 4 Erythrina variegata (botany)

Idioms (5)

寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
  1. 1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
  1. 1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 頭懸梁,錐刺股|头悬梁,锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]
芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi
  1. 1 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
  2. 2 uneasy and nervous
  3. 3 to be on pins and needles
头悬梁,锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
骑驴找驴
qí lu:2 zhǎo lu:2
  1. 1 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to look for what one already has

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