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吹毛求疵

chuī máo qiú cī

C1–C2 Level 7

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”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  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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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).