"to find fault" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
找寻 找尋 zhǎo xún to look for / to seek / to find fault syn
澡垢索疵 zǎo gòu suǒ cī to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom) / to find fault / to nitpick
找刺儿 找刺兒 zhǎo cì r to find fault
找岔子 zhǎo chà zi to look for blemishes / to find fault / nitpicking
找碴儿 找碴兒 zhǎo chá r to pick a quarrel / to find fault / nitpicking syn
挑毛剔刺 tiāo máo tī cì to find fault / to carp / nitpicking
鸡蛋里挑骨头 雞蛋裡挑骨頭 jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
捡漏 撿漏 jiǎn lòu to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault / to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
找到 zhǎo dào to find
发现 發現 fā xiàn to notice / to become aware of / to discover / to find / to detect / a discovery syn
了解 瞭解 liǎo jiě to understand / to realize / to find out syn
不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) syn
jué to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware syn
毛病 máo bìng fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
查出 chá chū to find out / to discover syn
得知 dé zhī to find out / to learn of syn
追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down
指责 指責 zhǐ zé to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce syn
故障 gù zhàng malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software)
处在 處在 chǔ zài to be situated at / to find oneself at syn
失误 失誤 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) syn
缺点 缺點 quē diǎn weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) syn
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) syn
查明 chá míng to investigate and find out / to ascertain syn
安置 ān zhì to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement syn
过失 過失 guò shī error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency syn
改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check syn
脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked / to strip nude / (coll.) to find oneself a partner
差错 差錯 chā cuò mistake / slip-up / fault / error / accident / mishap syn
安顿 安頓 ān dùn to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / undisturbed / peaceful syn
查清 chá qīng to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify syn
身处 身處 shēn chǔ in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by syn
超度 chāo dù to surpass / to transcend / to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace
抽空 chōu kòng to find the time to do sth syn
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn
断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
无懈可击 無懈可擊 wú xiè kě jī (idiom) impossible to fault / impeccable syn
难以启齿 難以啟齒 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth syn
没辙 沒轍 méi zhé at one's wit's end / unable to find a way out syn
错失 錯失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance) syn
找茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with
取乐 取樂 qǔ lè to find amusement / to amuse oneself syn
获悉 獲悉 huò xī to learn of sth / to find out / to get news syn
大海捞针 大海撈針 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) syn
伤脑筋 傷腦筋 shāng nǎo jīn to be a real headache / to find sth a real headache / to beat one's brains syn
吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage syn
不得而知 bù dé ér zhī unknown / unable to find out
自得其乐 自得其樂 zì dé qí lè to find amusement in one's own way / to enjoy oneself quietly syn
容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter 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
谢罪 謝罪 xiè zuì to apologize for an offense / to offer one's apology for a fault
爱不释手 愛不釋手 ài bù shì shǒu (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down / to find sth utterly irresistible syn
探路 tàn lù to find a path syn
情投意合 qíng tóu yì hé (idiom) to have an affinity with each other / to find each other congenial syn
民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
探听 探聽 tàn tīng to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry syn
一筹莫展 一籌莫展 yī chóu mò zhǎn to be unable to find a solution / to be at wits' end syn
短处 短處 duǎn chù shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points syn
对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
绝处逢生 絕處逢生 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament syn
投石问路 投石問路 tóu shí wèn lù lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters
借故 jiè gù to find an excuse syn
农民工 農民工 nóng mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
曲高和寡 qǔ gāo hè guǎ difficult songs find few singers (idiom) / highbrow syn
按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn
聊以自慰 liáo yǐ zì wèi to find some consolation (idiom) / to find relief in syn
不是 bú shi fault / blame syn
找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find
找出 zhǎo chū to find / to search out
随心 隨心 suí xīn to fulfill one's desire / to find sth satisfactory
相中 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste / to pick (after looking at) / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4] syn
找不着 找不著 zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find
未找到 wèi zhǎo dào could not find / search for ... produced no results
故障排除 gù zhàng pái chú fault resolution / trouble clearing
不迭 bù dié cannot cope / find it too much / incessantly syn
探知 tàn zhī to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
拾得 shí dé to find / to pick up / to collect
寻出 尋出 xún chū to find out / to search out / to uncover / to discover
乐道 樂道 lè dào to take delight in talking about sth / to find pleasure in following one's convictions
杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
不认账 不認賬 bù rèn zhàng not to own up / not to admit a fault
zhǎo to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change syn
duǎn short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault syn
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule) syn
yóu outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against syn
shì decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate syn
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
(interj. of admiration or of disgust) / to click one's tongue / to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak syn
jiù fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune syn
chá fault / glass fragment / quarrel
有志者事竟成 yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng a really determined person will find a solution (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way
拨冗 撥冗 bō rǒng to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs syn
què Imperial city watchtower (old) / fault / deficiency syn
解嘲 jiě cháo to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation / to justify oneself / to find excuses
认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt syn
错处 錯處 cuò chu fault 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
吃闭门羹 吃閉門羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed syn
出脱 出脫 chū tuō to manage to sell / to dispose of sth (by selling) / to get property off one's hands / to find excuses (to get off a charge) / to extricate sb (from trouble) / to vindicate / to become prettier (of child) syn
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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