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吹毛求疵

chuī máo qiú cī

Meaning

  • literally to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) · figuratively to be fastidious
  • nitpick

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Example sentences

  • 我想办法克服了对别人吹毛求疵的毛病。

    我想辦法克服了對別人吹毛求疵的毛病。

    wǒ xiǎng bàn fǎ kè fú le duì bié rén chuī máo qiú cī de máo bìng。

    I found a way to overcome my tendency to nitpick at others.

  • 我不懂得詹姆斯为什么一直给他的妻子吹毛求疵。

    我不懂得詹姆斯爲什麼一直給他的妻子吹毛求疵。

    wǒ bù dǒng de zhān mǔ sī wèi shén me yì zhí gěi tā de qī zǐ chuī máo qiú cī。

    I don't understand why James keeps nitpicking his wife.

  • 他对标点符号的吹毛求疵真让人受不了。

    他對標點符號的吹毛求疵真讓人受不了。

    tā duì biāo diǎn fú hào de chuī máo qiú cī zhēn ràng rén shòu bù liǎo。

    His nitpicking about punctuation is unbearable.

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