chuī máo qiú cī

吹毛求疵 (chuī máo qiú cī) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2nitpick

Characters in 吹毛求疵

吹chuī · to blow毛máo · hair求qiú · to seek疵cī · blemish

Related words

求to seek要求to request毛hair毛surname Mao吹to blow请求to request; to ask毛病fault追求to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly求婚to propose marriage寻求to seek; to look for毛巾towel毛衣(wool) sweater

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