吹毛求疵 – vocab dash

吹毛求疵chuīmáoqiúcī

Meanings

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

2. nitpick

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Examples2

我wǒ不bù懂得dǒngde詹姆斯Zhānmǔsī为什么wèishénme一直yīzhí给gěi他tā的de妻子qīzi吹毛求疵chuīmáoqiúcī。

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

我wǒ想xiǎng办法bànfǎ克服kèfú了le对duì别人biéren吹毛求疵chuīmáoqiúcī的de毛病máobìng。

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