Chinese–English

鸡蛋里挑骨头

jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou · ji dan li tiao gu tou

Traditional 雞蛋裡挑骨頭

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to look for bones in an egg
  2. to find fault
  3. to nitpick (idiom)
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