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Chinese dictionary
slmetanitpick; find fault (with); pick holes; be hypercritical
爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人。
The intensely critical spirit is often the narrow-minded and ignorant one.
别对他那么吹毛求疵!他已经尽全力了!
Cut him some slack! He's doing his best!
不要对他们吹毛求疵。
Don't nitpick at them.
对别人的建议吹毛求疵很容易,但要自己提出更好的见解就不那么容易了。
It's easy to pick holes in other people's proposals. It's not so easy to put forward better ideas of your own.
这是一本好书,若对它的不足之处过多指摘,未免有点吹毛求疵。
On the whole it's a good book. And it would be nitpicking to dwell on those small defects.
Word usage
- Note"疵" cannot be pronounced as "zī".