吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
Pinyin

Definition

吹毛求疵
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chuī máo qiú cī
  1. lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. nitpick

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

毛
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao
求
qiú
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to request
  4. 4 to demand
  5. 5 to beseech
要求
yāo qiú
  1. 1 to request
  2. 2 to require
  3. 3 requirement
  4. 4 to stake a claim
  5. 5 to ask
  6. 6 to demand
  7. 7 CL:點|点[diǎn]
追求
zhuī qiú
  1. 1 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
  2. 2 to seek after
  3. 3 to woo
不求人
bù qiú rén
  1. 1 backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
乞求
qǐ qiú
  1. 1 to beg
力求
lì qiú
  1. 1 to make every effort to
  2. 2 striving to do one's best
吹
chuī
  1. 1 to blow
  2. 2 to play a wind instrument
  3. 3 to blast
  4. 4 to puff
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 to brag
  7. 7 to end in failure
  8. 8 to fall through
吹干
chuī gān
  1. 1 to blow-dry
吹嘘
chuī xū
  1. 1 to brag
吹牛
chuī niú
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot off one's mouth
  3. 3 to chat (dialect)
吹风机
chuī fēng jī
  1. 1 hair dryer
梦寐以求
mèng mèi yǐ qiú
  1. 1 to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
  2. 2 to long for sth day and night
奢求
shē qiú
  1. 1 to make extravagant demands
  2. 2 an unreasonable request
寻求
xún qiú
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
强求
qiǎng qiú
  1. 1 to insist on
  2. 2 to demand
  3. 3 to impose
征求
zhēng qiú
  1. 1 to solicit
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 to request (opinions, feedback etc)
  4. 4 to petition
毛主席
Máo Zhǔ xí
  1. 1 Chairman Mao
  2. 2 Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
毛孔
máo kǒng
  1. 1 pore
毛巾
máo jīn
  1. 1 towel
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
  1. 1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
千里鹅毛
qiān lǐ é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qiān lǐ sòng é máo]
可遇不可求
kě yù bù kě qiú
  1. 1 can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
  2. 2 one can only come across such things serendipitously
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
  1. 1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2 nitpick
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
  1. 1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
  2. 2 great amount of
  3. 3 countless
梦寐以求
mèng mèi yǐ qiú
  1. 1 to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
  2. 2 to long for sth day and night
孜孜以求
zī zī yǐ qiú
  1. 1 diligent and tireless (idiom)
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
实事求是
shí shì qiú shì
  1. 1 to seek truth from facts (idiom)
  2. 2 to be practical and realistic

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