We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「挑三檢四」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「挑三檢四」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It means to be picky and picky, and complain about this and that. Same as “picky”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiāo sān jiǎn sì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tiu1 saam1 gim2 sei3
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