idiom : comparative philology > carp
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Carp
  Explanation: Find: search; defects: defects, minor defects. Blowing the hair on the skin, look for problems inside. Mean deliberately critical of other people's problems, weaknesses, looking for errors
  Usage: -Linked; as the predicate attribute, object; containing derogatory, used to refer to deliberately make things difficult for people demanding
  Source: Han Fei, "Han Fei general": "not Chuimao for the sake of a small defect, the police do not wash the dirt and is difficult to know."
  Examples: If ~, Andhra people of the world who have no fault? (Qing Nguyen Health "Chayu Hakka" Paper)
  Results: Looking for acne hair; find needles on the carpet
  Postscript: Looking for acne hair; find needles on the carpet
No. 2
  Metaphors intentionally picky, looking for problems on the people to be tolerant, not picky.
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chuī máo qiú cī
  Who wish to grasp a small fault
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No. 4
  Yuji picky, bamboo cane clothes the minister, to permit the leader and comfort. - "Han"
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No. 5
  As one would like to reference his fame, but could not find his weaknesses, then we have to find fault, nowhere rectifiable. - "Second moment of surprises"
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No. 6
  Skin and the hair blowing open, look for problems inside. Metaphor deliberately critical fault or shortcomings. A phrase from the "Han Fei general": "ancient of all general who ... ... not Chuimao the sake of small defects, while the police do not wash hard to know dirt." "Han Jing of Zhongshan Liu Sheng Biography": "Yuji picky, bamboo cane clothes the minister to permit the leader and comfort. "Songchen Liang," Jia-chen A Chu Yuan-night book ":" group of its put into words like a mistake, take to the crime of similarities and differences can be described as extreme nitpicking now! "" Water Margin "fourth seven times: "that fellow've come to find fault, so just pick up the momentum that fellow." fen "career management and the review of work professional accomplishment": "To say not keep nitpicking, pretending to make things difficult for the heart; listeners do not exist afraid of asking too The fear to change the meaning. "also save as" Chuimao. " Tang Zhang said, "prison Proverbs": "Officials Gou Chuimao, security measures were enough!" "Mirror Qigao Di Jianyuan first year": "Designate official 1000 number, a felony by the bribe is not listed, misdemeanor held hair blowing , should Xiba of. "Hu provinces Note:" Words are picky. "Binglin" Su political history of Proverbs ":" threatened to suspect harsh financial, Chuimao with defendants. "
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No. 7
  That the accused minor illnesses. Qing Yu Yue, "notes an old tea room bundle defect sentence": "so like, corporations are Chuimao, however can not be too ancient taboo."
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No. 8
  Seek: looking for; defects: defects. Blow open the hair look for scars on the skin. Metaphors intentionally critical shortcomings of others, looking for errors.
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吹毛求疵 ( chuī máo qiú cī )
  【解 释】:求:寻找,查找;疵:缺点,小毛病。吹开皮上的毛,寻找里面的毛病。比喻故意挑剔别人的毛病、缺点,寻找差错。
  【出 处】:韩非《韩非子·大体》:“不吹毛而求小疵,不洗垢而察难知。 《三国志·吴志·步骘传》:“伏闻诸典校擿抉细微,吹毛求疵,重案深诬,辄欲陷人,以成威福。”
  【用 法】:连动式;作谓语、定语、宾语;含贬义,用于指故意挑剔为难人
  【示 例】:邹韬奋《事业管理与职业修养·关于工作与学习六》:“言者不存~,故作留难之心;听者也不存讳疾忌医、过而惮改之意。
  【近义词】:洗垢求瘢、鸡蛋里挑骨头
  【反义词】:宽大为怀、宽宏大量、通情达理
  【歇后语】:头发里找粉刺;地毯上找针:拨着头发找疤拉
成语词典
  成语名称 吹毛求疵 汉语拼音 chuī máo qiú cī 成语释义 求:找寻;疵:毛病。吹开皮上的毛寻疤痕。比喻故意挑剔别人的缺点,寻找差错。 成语出处 《韩非子·大体》:“不吹毛而求小疵,不洗垢而察之难。” 使用例句 若吹毛求疵,天下人安得全无过失者?
  ★清·阮葵生《茶余客话》卷一
English Expression
  1. n.:  crab,  looking for faults in other people's work or behaviour,  nitpick; find fault,  pick holes in sth.,  pick (a) hole(s) in
  2. v.:  niggle,   engage in fault finding,  discover weak points,  (literally) to blow apart the hair to find defects--to go out of the way to,  peck,  nitpick,  carp,  nibble,  criticize,  criticise,  chaffer,  cavil
  3. adj.:  hairsplitting,  faultfinding
  4. vt.:  knock
French Expression
  1. v.  souffler sur les poils pour y découvrir des tares cutanées, chercher la petite bête
Thesaurus
Xigouqiuban, Clothing hair Cable black spot on body, demand perfection, all sorts of carp, Xigousuoban, Children finding fault, carp
Antonym
seek common ground while putting aside differences, seek common ground on major question while reserving differences on minor ones
Containing Phrases
carpingquibblinglycarper
criticfond of criticizingor raising objections about unimportant matterscarp strategy
quibbleLook a gift horse in the mouth.nagging criticism
a predisposition to find faultfaultfindingovernice