鸡蛋里挑骨头 in English ji1 dan4 li5 tiao1 gu3 tou5 Meaning

Meanings

  • to look for bones in an egg
  • to find fault
  • to nitpick (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

鸡 蛋 里 挑 骨 头

Traditional Characters

雞 蛋 裡 挑 骨 頭

Pinyin

ji1 dan4 li5 tiao1 gu3 tou5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

鸡ji1fowl 蛋dan4variant of 蜑[Dan4] 里li3variant of 裡|里[li3] 挑tiao1to carry on a shoulder pole 骨gu3bone 头tou2head