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"petty criticism" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
挑毛病 tiāo máo bìng to nitpick / petty criticism / to nag syn
挑刺 tiāo cì to carp / nitpicking / petty criticism
Chinese Pinyin Translation
便宜 pián yi cheap / inexpensive / a petty advantage / to let sb off lightly syn
批评 批評 pī píng to criticize / criticism / CL:次[ci4],番[fan1] syn
谴责 譴責 qiǎn zé to denounce / to condemn / to criticize / condemnation / criticism syn
下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
士官 shì guān warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn
龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn
好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation
小儿科 小兒科 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy syn
袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc / to take sb's side syn
矛头 矛頭 máo tóu spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism syn
小偷小摸 xiǎo tōu xiǎo mō petty theft syn
众矢之的 眾矢之的 zhòng shǐ zhī dì lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom) / the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides syn
训斥 訓斥 xùn chì to reprimand / to rebuke / to berate / stern criticism syn
含蓄 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) syn
品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn
指正 zhǐ zhèng to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism syn
检讨 檢討 jiǎn tǎo to examine or inspect / self-criticism / review syn
辛辣 xīn là spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism) syn
风月 風月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc) syn
考证 考證 kǎo zhèng to do textual research / to make textual criticism / to verify by means of research (esp. historical details) / to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4]) syn
招风 招風 zhāo fēng to catch the wind / (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence
老脸 老臉 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen syn
批注 批註 pī zhù to annotate / to add marginal comments on / criticism / marginalia syn
自省 zì xǐng to examine oneself / to reflect on one's shortcomings / introspection / self-awareness / self-criticism syn
自我批评 自我批評 zì wǒ pī píng self-criticism syn
严词 嚴詞 yán cí forceful (criticism etc) / to use strong words syn
小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship syn
报批 報批 bào pī to report for criticism / to submit for approval to higher authority
差评 差評 chà píng poor evaluation / adverse criticism
芝麻官 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat syn
小官 xiǎo guān petty official / minor functionary
重责 重責 zhòng zé heavy responsibility / serious criticism
考据 考據 kǎo jù textual criticism syn
小资产阶级 小資產階級 xiǎo zī chǎn jiē jí petty bourgeois
批语 批語 pī yǔ criticism / commentary syn
周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover
窝囊气 窩囊氣 wō nang qì pent-up frustration / petty annoyances
琐屑 瑣屑 suǒ xiè trivial matters / petty things syn
小聪明 小聰明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded syn
刀枪不入 刀槍不入 dāo qiāng bù rù lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism
评头论足 評頭論足 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental syn
小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded / petty syn
讳疾忌医 諱疾忌醫 huì jí jì yī hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom) / fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice syn
轻罪 輕罪 qīng zuì petty crime / misdemeanor
小心眼儿 小心眼兒 xiǎo xīn yǎn r small-minded / petty / narrow-minded syn
小家子气 小家子氣 xiǎo jiā zi qì petty / small-minded syn
毫不客气 毫不客氣 háo bù kè qi no trace of politeness / unrestrained (criticism) syn
小里小气 小裡小氣 xiǎo li xiǎo qì stingy / petty
打小算盘 打小算盤 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter syn
卑卑不足道 bēi bēi bù zú dào to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
妙手空空 miào shǒu kōng kōng petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
小肚鸡肠 小肚雞腸 xiǎo dù jī cháng lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty syn
蚁斗蜗争 蟻鬥蝸爭 yǐ dòu wō zhēng lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom) / fig. petty squabbling
不吝珠玉 bù lìn zhū yù lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.) / fig. Please give me your frank opinion. / Your criticism will be most valuable.
他山之石可以攻玉 tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom) / to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
妄下雌黄 妄下雌黃 wàng xià cí huáng to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom) / to make irresponsible criticism syn
树大招风 樹大招風 shù dà zhāo fēng lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
良药苦口 良藥苦口 liáng yào kǔ kǒu good medicine tastes bitter (idiom) / fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
诛心之论 誅心之論 zhū xīn zhī lùn a devastating criticism / to expose hidden motives
骨鲠之臣 骨鯁之臣 gǔ gěng zhī chén lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom) / fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
夫子自道 fū zǐ zì dào appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults syn
佌 cǐ petty / wretched
呫 zhān to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty
孑孑为义 孑孑為義 jié jié wéi yì petty favors
心胸狭窄 心胸狹窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi (idiom) narrow-minded / petty / ungenerous
心胸狭隘 心胸狹隘 xīn xiōng xiá ài narrow / petty-minded
煦仁孑义 煦仁孑義 xù rén jié yì petty kindness
鸡鹜 雞鶩 jī wù petty or mean persons
零用金 líng yòng jīn petty cash
零用基金 líng yòng jī jīn petty cash fund
零用现金凭单 petty cash voucher
定额备用现金 dìng é bèi yòng xiàn jīn petty cash / imprest cash
小商业 小商業 xiǎo shāng yè petty trading
定额备用金账户 定額備用金賬戶 petty cash account / imprest account
海军士官 海軍士官 petty officer
海军军士 海軍軍士 petty officer
海军军士长 海軍軍士長 chief petty officer
小罪 minor offence / petty offence
轻罪犯 輕罪犯 petty offender
耍小聪明 耍小聰明 shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming to get smart / to resort to petty tricks
卑陋 bēi lòu humble / petty / crude
稗官 bài guān (old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about / novel in the vernacular / fiction writer / novelist
小便宜 xiǎo pián yi petty advantage / small gains syn
尖锐批评 尖銳批評 jiān ruì pī píng sharp criticism
矛头指向 矛頭指向 máo tóu zhǐ xiàng to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
孤证不立 孤證不立 gū zhèng bù lì unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism)
容受 róng shòu to tolerate / to accept (criticism, resignation etc) / same as 容納接受|容纳接受[rong2 na4 jie1 shou4]
建设性的批评 建設性的批評 jiàn shè xìng de pī píng constructive criticism
建设的批评 建設的批評 jiàn shè de pī pín constructive criticism
从谏如流 從諫如流 cóng jiàn rú liú to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom) / to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors) syn
揪斗 揪鬥 jiū dòu to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution) syn
清议 清議 qīng yì fair criticism / just comment
争臣 爭臣 zhēng chén minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
直谏 直諫 zhí jiàn to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
闻过则喜 聞過則喜 wén guò zé xǐ to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out syn
腹诽 腹誹 fù fěi silent curse or disagreement / unspoken criticism
艾未未 ài wèi wèi Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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