Pick three and check four(tiāo sān jiǎn sì)

Pick three and check four

It means to pick and choose. It's the same as "picky".

Idiom explanation

Explanation: it means to pick and choose. It's the same as "picky".

Idioms and allusions

Source: Jin Jin's wolf in a flowery skirt: "you are not as good as your brother. You should choose three and four."

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as predicate or attributive; used to describe excessively critical

example sentence

His appetite is so difficult to serve that he chooses three or four from every meal.

Chinese PinYin : tiāo sān jiǎn sì