carp(chuī máo suǒ cī)

carp

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Chu ī m á OSU ǒ C ī, which means to find fault with others. It comes from the biography of Du Lin in the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Du Lin in the book of later Han Dynasty, it is said that "after that, it gradually adopted the method of Zizhang, nitpicking, slandering and deceiving infinity."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attributive, or object; used of deliberate nitpicking

Chinese PinYin : chuī máo suǒ cī