挑错 (tiāo) — to deliberately find fault with someone; to nitpick
Definition
挑错 means deliberately picking out other people's mistakes — it carries a negative, fault-finding tone. Colloquial synonym 挑毛病 is more casual; more formal/literary is 指摘.
verb
to deliberately find fault with someoneto nitpick
Examples
- ，。Jīng lǐ zài huì shàng tiāo le bù shǎo cuò, dà jiā dōu hěn jǐn zhāng.The manager picked out many faults at the meeting, and everyone was very nervous.
- ，。Tā zǒng shì xǐ huan tiāo bié rén de cuò, ràng rén hěn bù shū fu.He always likes to find fault in others, making people very uncomfortable.
- 挑错，。Bié zǒng shì tiāo, duō gěi bié rén yì diǎn gǔ lì bǐ jiào hǎo.Don't always find fault; it's better to give others more encouragement.
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