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

赖皮，无理取闹。

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
扯皮条 chěpítiáo see 拉皮条 lāpítiáo

Related entries

争辩 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)
争执 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