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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 吹毛求疵
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 吹毛求疵 | chuī máo qiú cī | - lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious - nitpick |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 19,156 | 50,505 | 26,760 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 吹 | chuī | - to blow - to play a wind instrument - to blast - to puff - to boast - to brag - to end in failure - to fall through |
| 毛 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 毛 | máo | - hair - feather - down - wool - mildew - mold - coarse or semifinished - young - raw - careless - unthinking - nervous - scared - (of currency) to devalue or depreciate - classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
| 求 | qiú | - to seek - to look for - to request - to demand - to beseech |
| 疵 | cī | - blemish - flaw - defect |
Other Words Containing 吹毛求疵
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 吹毛求疵 | - | - | 19,156 | 50,505 | 26,760 |