argue about little details
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is di ā NJ ī Nb ō Li ǎ ng, which means to care too much about small things. From the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The second fold of the first book of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "no matter what people say, he is not afraid to weigh the weight."
Analysis of Idioms
Care about everything
Idiom usage
It is in vain to show him. Not only can we not do it, but also we have to say something irrelevant. (the tenth chapter of Wu Jianren's confused world in Qing Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : diān jīn bō liǎng
argue about little details
stand together through storm and stress. fēng yǔ tóng zhōu
If there are enough utensils, there will be plenty. qì mǎn zé fù
read without thorough understanding. bù qiú shèn jiě
a kindly man of high character. rén yì jūn zǐ
it is advancing sometimes to seem retreating. jìn dào ruò tuì
appoint upright and remove the crooked ones -- to replace the bad ones by good ones. jǔ zhí cuò wǎng