Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「吹毛索垢」.
The idiom 「吹毛索垢」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
Blow away the hair on the skin to find the scar. A metaphor for deliberately picking on other people’s shortcomings and looking for faults.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chuī máo suǒ gòu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheui1 mou1/mou4 sok3 gau3
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
