嫌肥挑瘦
xián féi tiāo shòu
Pinyin

Definition

嫌肥挑瘦
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xián féi tiāo shòu
  1. to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tiāo
  1. 1 to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick
  4. 4 to nitpick
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
jiǎn féi
  1. 1 to lose weight
shòu
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 to lose weight
  3. 3 (of clothing) tight
  4. 4 (of meat) lean
  5. 5 (of land) unproductive
féi
  1. 1 fat
  2. 2 fertile
  3. 3 loose-fitting or large
  4. 4 to fertilize
  5. 5 to become rich by illegal means
  6. 6 fertilizer
  7. 7 manure
Hé féi
  1. 1 Hefei, capital of Anhui Province 安徽省[Ān huī Shěng] in south central China
dān tiāo
  1. 1 to pick
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to fight a duel
xián
  1. 1 to dislike
  2. 2 suspicion
  3. 3 resentment
  4. 4 enmity
  5. 5 abbr. for 嫌犯[xián fàn], criminal suspect
xián qì
  1. 1 to avoid sb (out of dislike)
  2. 2 to turn one's back on sb
  3. 3 to ignore
xián fàn
  1. 1 criminal suspect
xián yí rén
  1. 1 a suspect
tiāo ti
  1. 1 picky
  2. 2 fussy
tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. 1 (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. 2 to be bewildered
tiǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to stir up
  3. 3 to incite
tiāo xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to select
tiǎo xìn
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 provocation
shè xián
  1. 1 to be a suspect (in a crime)
  2. 2 to be suspected of
shòu zi
  1. 1 thin person
shòu ròu
  1. 1 lean meat
shòu ròu jīng
  1. 1 leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)

Idioms (17)

嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
  1. 1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
  2. 2 snobbish
挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
挑拨离间
tiǎo bō lí jiàn
  1. 1 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
损公肥私
sǔn gōng féi sī
  1. 1 to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
  2. 2 venal and selfish behavior
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
  1. 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
  3. 3 bullies pick soft targets
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
瘦死的骆驼比马大
shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
  1. 1 lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
  3. 3 a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
瘦骨嶙峋
shòu gǔ lín xún
  1. 1 skinny; emaciated (idiom)
尽释前嫌
jìn shì qián xián
  1. 1 to forget former enmity (idiom)
目挑心招
mù tiǎo xīn zhāo
  1. 1 the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious
  2. 2 making eyes at sb
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
  1. 1 to look for bones in an egg
  2. 2 to find fault
  3. 3 to nitpick (idiom)
面黄肌瘦
miàn huáng jī shòu
  1. 1 yellow face, emaciated body (idiom); malnourished and sickly in appearance
食言而肥
shí yán ér féi
  1. 1 lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to live up to one's promises
饫甘餍肥
yù gān yàn féi
  1. 1 to live off the fat of the land (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a luxurious lifestyle
马无夜草不肥,人无外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù
  1. 1 a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
骨瘦如柴
gǔ shòu rú chái
  1. 1 as thin as a match
  2. 2 emaciated (idiom)

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