扯皮

chěpí
  1. to wrangle
  2. wrangling

CEDICT

  1. to dispute over trifles; to argue back and forth; to bicker
  2. to pass the buck

Wiktionary

賴皮，無理取鬧。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 扯 chě
  1. to pull
  2. to tear
  3. (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
  4. to chat
  5. to gossip
  6. (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous
  7. hokey
=1 扯 chě
  1. variant of 扯 chě
  2. to pull
  3. to tear
2 皮 pí
  1. leather
  2. skin
  3. fur
  4. pico- (one trillionth)
  5. naughty

classifier: 張

Containing this entry

互相扯皮 hùxiāngchěpí
  1. to pass the buck
  2. to shirk responsibility
扯皮條 chěpítiáo see 拉皮條 lāpítiáo

Related entries

爭辯 zhēngbiàn
  1. a dispute
  2. to wrangle
和她争辩是没用的。

It is no use arguing with her.

Source: Tatoeba

掰扯 bāiche
  1. to debate
  2. to dispute
  3. to wrangle (dialect)
爭執 zhēngzhí
  1. to dispute
  2. to disagree
  3. to argue opinionatedly
  4. to wrangle
爭執啥也解決不了。

Fighting won't settle anything.

Source: Tatoeba