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挑剔

tiāo ti · tiao ti

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HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. picky
  2. fussy
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  1. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)是(shì)第十张(dìshízhāng)照片(zhàopiàn)，怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    This is the tenth photo. How about it?

  2. Liangliang

    头发(tóufa)不好(bùhǎo)。

    My hair looks bad.

  3. Dengdeng

    第十一张(dìshíyīzhāng)呢(ne)？

    And the eleventh?

  4. Liangliang

    太(tài)暗(àn)了(le)。

    Too dark.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)真(zhēn)挑剔(tiāoti)！

    You are so picky!

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)不是(bùshì)挑剔(tiāoti)，只是(zhǐshì)还是(háishi)第一张(dìyīzhāng)最好看(zuìhǎokàn)。

    I am not picky. It is just that the first one still looks best.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)不(bù)挑(tiāo)剔(ti)，我(wǒ)什(shén)么(me)都(dōu)吃(chī)。

I'm not picky. I'll eat anything.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by Eccles17 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)对(duì)西(xī)装(zhuāng)和(hé)领(lǐng)带(dài)的(de)选(xuǎn)择(zé)非(fēi)常(cháng)挑(tiāo)剔(ti)。

He's picky about suits and ties.

Tatoeba: Chinese by xiuqin · English by blay_paul · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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