找茬 - to pick fault with, to spot the differences, to nitpick, to pick a quarrel, to find complaint with - zhǎo chá | Definition | ChinesePod.com

找茬

zhǎo chá

Pinyin

Definition

找茬

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zhǎo chá

to pick fault with
to spot the differences
to nitpick
to pick a quarrel
to find complaint with

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xún zhǎo

1 to seek
2 to look for

zhǎo

1 to try to find
2 to look for
3 to call on sb
4 to find
5 to seek
6 to return
7 to give change

zhǎo dào

1 to find

zhǎo huí

1 to retrieve

zhǎo shàng mén

1 to come to sb's door
2 to call on sb

Idioms (1)

骑驴找驴

qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ

1 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
2 fig. to look for what one already has

Sample Sentences

老板娘，我们不是鸡蛋里挑骨头故意找茬儿。这个西装做得实在是不敢恭维。

lǎobǎnniáng ，wǒmen bù shì jīdànlǐtiāogǔtou gùyì zhǎochár 。zhè ge xīzhuāng zuò de shízài shì bùgǎngōngwéi 。

Ma'am, we're not intentionally finding fault, like people digging bones out of eggs. These suits were really not well made at all.

我下个月就要结婚了，但我一想到结婚就觉得害怕，老看男朋友不顺眼，老想找茬跟他吵。

wǒ xià ge yuè jiùyào jiéhūn le ，dàn wǒ yī xiǎngdào jiéhūn jiù juéde hàipà ，lǎo kàn nán péngyou bù shùnyǎn ，lǎo xiǎng zhǎochá gēn tā chǎo 。

I’m about to get married next month, but every time I think about getting married, I feel scared. I always think poorly of my boyfriend, and I'm always wanting to nitpick and get into arguments with him.