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Definition(s) for: 鸡蛋里挑骨头

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鸡蛋里挑骨头 jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou - to look for bones in an egg
- to find fault
- to nitpick (idiom)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 85,161 49,913

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- fowl
- chicken
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- (slang) prostitute
dàn- variant of 蜑[Dan4]
dàn- egg
- CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
- oval-shaped thing
- Li (surname)
- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- variant of 裡|里[li3]
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]
tiāo- to carry on a shoulder pole
- to choose
- to pick
- to nitpick
tiǎo- to raise
- to dig up
- to poke
- to prick
- to incite
- to stir up
- used in 骨碌碌[gu1lu4lu4]
- used in 骨碌[gu1lu5]
- bone
tóu- 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]
tou- suffix for nouns

Other Words Containing 鸡蛋里挑骨头

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo