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
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.