to pick on sth incessantly (idiom); to criticize right and left
trad. 橫挑鼻子豎挑眼
Also written 橫挑鼻子豎挑眼【héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn】
Characters in this word
6横
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horizontal, across, crosswise, horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters), to place (sth) flat (on a surface), to cross (a river, etc), in a jumble, chaotic, (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable, violent
- Pinyin
- héng
- Traditional
- 橫
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 25254 of 2500
挑
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to carry on a shoulder pole, to choose, to pick, to nitpick
- Pinyin
- tiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2886 of 2500
鼻
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nose
- Pinyin
- bí
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 21419 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
竖
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variant of 豎|竖[shu4]
- Pinyin
- shù
- Traditional
- 竪
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 23347 of 2500
眼
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eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]), (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance, small hole, (bound form) salient point, classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4324 of 2500