找茬
zhǎo chá
Pinyin

Definition

找茬
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zhǎo chá
  1. to pick fault with
  2. to spot the differences
  3. to nitpick
  4. to pick a quarrel
  5. to find complaint with

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寻找
xún zhǎo
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
找
zhǎo
  1. 1 to try to find
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to call on sb
  4. 4 to find
  5. 5 to seek
  6. 6 to return
  7. 7 to give change
找到
zhǎo dào
  1. 1 to find
找回
zhǎo huí
  1. 1 to retrieve
找上门
zhǎo shàng mén
  1. 1 to come to sb's door
  2. 2 to call on sb
找事
zhǎo shì
  1. 1 to look for employment
  2. 2 to pick a quarrel
找出
zhǎo chū
  1. 1 to find
  2. 2 to search out
找寻
zhǎo xún
  1. 1 to look for
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 to find fault
找平
zhǎo píng
  1. 1 to level (ground)
  2. 2 to make level
找抽
zhǎo chōu
  1. 1 (coll.) to look for trouble
找死
zhǎo sǐ
  1. 1 to court death
  2. 2 taking risks
找碴
zhǎo chá
  1. 1 variant of 找茬[zhǎo chá]
找茬
zhǎo chá
  1. 1 to pick fault with
  2. 2 to spot the differences
  3. 3 to nitpick
  4. 4 to pick a quarrel
  5. 5 to find complaint with
找补
zhǎo bu
  1. 1 to compensate
  2. 2 to make up
  3. 3 to complement
  4. 4 to add
找遍
zhǎo biàn
  1. 1 to search everywhere
  2. 2 to search high and low
  3. 3 to comb
找钱
zhǎo qián
  1. 1 to give change
找零
zhǎo líng
  1. 1 to give change
  2. 2 change money
找头
zhǎo tou
  1. 1 change (from money paid)
找齐
zhǎo qí
  1. 1 to make uniform
  2. 2 to even up
  3. 3 to make good a deficiency
搭茬
dā chá
  1. 1 to respond

Idioms (1)

骑驴找驴
qí lu:2 zhǎo lu:2
  1. 1 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to look for what one already has

Sample Sentences

老板娘，我们不是鸡蛋里挑骨头故意找茬儿。这个西装做得实在是不敢恭维。
lǎobǎnniáng ，wǒmen bù shì jīdànlǐtiāogǔtou gùyì zhǎochár5 。zhè ge xīzhuāng zuò de shízài shì bùgǎngōngwéi 。
Ma'am, we're not intentionally finding fault, like people digging bones out of eggs. These suits were really not well made at all.
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我下个月就要结婚了，但我一想到结婚就觉得害怕，老看男朋友不顺眼，老想找茬跟他吵。
wǒ xià ge yuè jiùyào jiéhūn le ，dàn wǒ yī xiǎngdào jiéhūn jiù juéde hàipà ，lǎo kàn nán péngyou bù shùnyǎn ，lǎo xiǎng zhǎochá gēn tā chǎo 。
I’m about to get married next month, but every time I think about getting married, I feel scared. I always think poorly of my boyfriend, and I'm always wanting to nitpick and get into arguments with him.
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