挟细拿粗 (挾細拿粗)
xié xì ná cū
Pinyin
Definition
挟细拿粗 (挾細拿粗)
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- to provoke
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
- 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
拿得起放得下
- 1 lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take what comes
- 3 to meet gains or losses with equanimity
拿着鸡毛当令箭
- 1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
狗拿耗子
- 1 lit. a dog who catches mice
- 2 to be meddlesome (idiom)
粗枝大叶
- 1 thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)
- 2 boorish
- 3 rough and ready
- 4 sloppy