抬杠 (tái gāng) — to argue (often unnecessarily and over trivial matters); to bicker
Definition
抬杠 (tái gàng) means 'to bicker' — picking fights over small or pointless things. Used colloquially for unnecessary arguing.
verb
to argue (often unnecessarily and over trivial matters)to bicker
Examples
- 抬杠。Tā men liǎ yòu wèi zhè diǎn xiǎo shì tái gāng le.The two of them are bickering over this little thing again.
- ？。Nǐ gēn tā tái shén me gàng? gè tuì yí bù jiù hǎo le.Why are you arguing with him? Just both take a step back.
- ，。Gāng cái wǒ men tái le yí huì r gàng, xiàn zài méi shì le.We just argued for a while; now it's fine.
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