「雞蛋裏挑骨頭」

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Pronunciation：	gai1 daan2 leoi5 tiu1 gwat1 tau4
Individual Character Meaning：	雞 chicken; a whistle 蛋 egg 裏 inside 挑 to choose; to select 骨 quarter; one fourth; bone; the pleat 頭 head; chief; boss; electric plug; first; number one; top; hairstyle; hair; area; location; end; side; front; beginning
Variants：	Variants：雞蛋裡挑骨頭、鷄蛋裏挑骨頭、鷄蛋裡挑骨頭
Part of Speech：	expression
Explanation：	to look for flaws where there are none to be found; to be nitpicking; to carp at minor errors; to find fault on purpose; literally: to pick a bone from an egg (Cant.) 佢keoi5對deoi3你nei5有jau5偏pin1見gin3，所so2以ji5經ging1常soeng4喺hai2雞gai1蛋daan2裏leoi5挑tiu1骨gwat1頭tau4。 (Eng.) He doesn't like you so he always criticizes you for your extremely minor mistakes.
Synonym：	Synonym：吹毛求疵
See also：	吹毛求疵抽秤挑剔
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