Pick a fault and pick a quarrel
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ju é Xi á zh ā IX ì n, which means to deliberately pick faults. It comes from the biography of Chen Yuan.
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing
Analysis of Idioms
Near synonym: pick a flaw
The origin of Idioms
"Chen Yuanzhuan, a biography of the Eastern Han Dynasty:" to pick a fault and pick a quarrel, to cover up its great beauty. "
Idiom explanation
It refers to deliberately finding fault.
Chinese PinYin : jué xiá zhāi xìn
Pick a fault and pick a quarrel
strike terror in one 's heart. hún fēi dǎn sàng