鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
Pinyin

Definition

鸡蛋里挑骨头
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jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
  1. to look for bones in an egg
  2. to find fault
  3. to nitpick (idiom)

Related Words (20)

彩蛋
cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
挑
tiāo
  1. 1 to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick
  4. 4 to nitpick
挑战
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
蛋
Dàn
  1. 1 variant of 蜑[Dàn]
蛋糕
dàn gāo
  1. 1 cake
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài],個|个[gè]
鸡蛋
jī dàn
  1. 1 (chicken) egg
  2. 2 hen's egg
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]
下蛋
xià dàn
  1. 1 to lay eggs
刺骨
cì gǔ
  1. 1 piercing
  2. 2 cutting
  3. 3 bone-chilling
  4. 4 penetrating (cold)
刻骨
kè gǔ
  1. 1 ingrained
  2. 2 entrenched
  3. 3 deep-rooted
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
单挑
dān tiāo
  1. 1 to pick
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to fight a duel
坏蛋
huài dàn
  1. 1 bad egg
  2. 2 scoundrel
  3. 3 bastard
完蛋
wán dàn
  1. 1 (coll.) to be done for
扯蛋
chě dàn
  1. 1 variant of 扯淡[chě dàn]
挑剔
tiāo ti
  1. 1 picky
  2. 2 fussy
挑拨
tiǎo bō
  1. 1 to incite disharmony
  2. 2 to instigate
挑花眼
tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. 1 (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. 2 to be bewildered
挑起
tiǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to stir up
  3. 3 to incite
挑逗
tiǎo dòu
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to entice
  3. 3 to lure
  4. 4 to tantalize
  5. 5 to tease
  6. 6 to titillate
挑选
tiāo xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to select

Idioms (20)

伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. fixed on sth
  3. 3 to cling on without letting go
  4. 4 to pester obstinately
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
  1. 1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
恨之入骨
hèn zhī rù gǔ
  1. 1 to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
  1. 1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
情逾骨肉
qíng yú gǔ ròu
  1. 1 feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
  2. 2 deep friendship
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
柔情侠骨
róu qíng xiá gǔ
  1. 1 gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
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
毛骨悚然
máo gǔ sǒng rán
  1. 1 to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel one's blood run cold
生死肉骨
shēng sǐ ròu gǔ
  1. 1 lit. the dead returning to life
  2. 2 a miracle (idiom)
瘦骨嶙峋
shòu gǔ lín xún
  1. 1 skinny; emaciated (idiom)
皮包骨头
pí bāo gǔ tóu
  1. 1 to be all skin and bones (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 皮包骨[pí bāo gǔ]

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