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吹毛求疵

chuīmáoqiúcī

lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious

02

nitpick

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 吹毛求疵 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 吹毛求疵 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

不要这麽吹毛求疵。bú yào zhè mó chuī máo qiú cī。

You don't have to go getting so hairy about such a small thing.

我想办法克服了对别人吹毛求疵的毛病。wǒ xiǎng bàn fǎ kè fú le duì bié rén chuī máo qiú cī de máo bìng。

I've found a way to overcome my habit of always picking fault with others.

我不懂得詹姆斯为什么一直给他的妻子吹毛求疵。wǒ bù dǒng de zhān mǔ sī wèi shén me yì zhí gěi tā de qī zǐ chuī máo qiú cī。

I can't understand why James always finds fault with his wife.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 吹毛求疵.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 吹毛求疵.

Directly before

  • 麽吹毛求疵1
  • 妻子吹毛求疵1
  • 的吹毛求疵1
  • 别人吹毛求疵1

Directly after

  • 吹毛求疵真让人1
  • 吹毛求疵的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 吹毛求疵

What does 吹毛求疵 mean in Chinese?

吹毛求疵 (chuīmáoqiúcī) means lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious.

How do you pronounce 吹毛求疵?

吹毛求疵 is pronounced chuīmáoqiúcī.

Is 吹毛求疵 an HSK word?

吹毛求疵 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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