雞蛋裡挑骨頭

鸡蛋里挑骨头
jīdànlitiāogǔtou
  1. to look for bones in an egg
  2. to find fault
  3. to nitpick (idiom)

CEDICT

to nitpick; to deliberately find fault

Wiktionary

故意挑剔、找麻煩

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 雞蛋 jīdàn
  1. (chicken) egg
  2. hen's egg

classifiers: 個, 打
2 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
3 挑 tiāo
  1. to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. to choose
  3. to pick
  4. to nitpick
4 骨頭 gǔtou
  1. bone
  2. moral character
  3. bitterness
  4. Taiwan pr. gútou

classifiers: 根, 塊

Related entries

找刺兒 zhǎocìr to find fault
挑毛剔刺 tiāomáotīcì
  1. to find fault
  2. to carp
  3. nitpicking
找岔子 zhǎochàzi
  1. to look for blemishes
  2. to find fault
  3. nitpicking
找碴兒 zhǎochár
  1. to pick a quarrel
  2. to find fault
  3. nitpicking
找尋 zhǎoxún
  1. to look for
  2. to seek
  3. to find fault
挑毛病 tiāomáobìng
  1. to nitpick
  2. petty criticism
  3. to nag
擿 tī
  1. to select
  2. to nitpick
  3. to expose
澡垢索疵 zǎogòusuǒcī
  1. to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault
  2. to nitpick
找茬 zhǎochá
  1. to pick fault with
  2. to spot the differences
  3. to nitpick
  4. to pick a quarrel
  5. to find complaint with
挑 tiāo
  1. to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. to choose
  3. to pick
  4. to nitpick
这只狗挑了。

This dog jumped.

Source: Tatoeba