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We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「挑三揀四」, with its explanation below.

Here, we present the idiom 「挑三揀四」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Describes being overly picky. It also means to choose jobs or things over and over again.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tiāo sān jiǎn sì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tiu1 saam1 gaan2 sei3

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