挑毛病
tiāo máo bìng
Pinyin

Definition

挑毛病
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tiāo máo bìng
  1. to nitpick
  2. petty criticism
  3. to nag

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
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 classifier: 件 jiàn
shēng bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)