lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance; fig. to find fault in minor details; nitpicking; overcritical
trad. 品頭論足
Also written 品頭論足【pǐn tóu lùn zú】
Characters in this word
4品
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(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods, (bound form) grade; rank, kind; type; variety, character; disposition; nature; temperament, to taste sth; to sample, to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up, fret (on a guitar or lute)
- Pinyin
- pǐn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 13303 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
论
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abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)
- Pinyin
- Lún
- Traditional
- 論
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 16222 of 2500
足
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excessive
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12771 of 2500