抠字眼
抠字眼
kōu zì yǎn
to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
verb
Traditional: 摳字眼
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- (verb) to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
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Related Words
呢(ne)— particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
→咬文嚼字(yǎo wén jiáo zì)— to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
→吐字(tǔ zì)— diction
→吹毛求疵(chuī máo qiú cī)— lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
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