héng
tiāo
zi
shù
tiāo
yǎn

idiom
common

Meaning of 横挑鼻子竖挑眼

横挑鼻子竖挑眼 means to be hypercritical; to find fault with everything. Pronounced héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn.

  • to be hypercritical; to find fault with everything

Definitions & Examples

duì
de
bào
gào
héng
tiāo
zi
shù
tiāo
yǎn
 
méi
yǒu
mǎn
 

He picked apart my report, finding fault with almost every sentence.

Lǎo
bǎn
zǒng
ài
héng
tiāo
zi
shù
tiāo
yǎn
 
nòng
men
dōu
hěn
jǐn
zhāng
 

The boss is always hypercritical, making all of us very nervous.

Bié
héng
tiāo
zi
shù
tiāo
yǎn
le
 
zhè
shè
jīng
gòu
hǎo
de
le
 

Stop nitpicking, this design is already good enough.