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横挑鼻子竖挑眼

héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn

7-character word Traditional 橫挑鼻子豎挑眼

What 横挑鼻子竖挑眼 means

1. to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
2. to criticize right and left

The characters in 横挑鼻子竖挑眼

• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 鼻bínose
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 竖shùto erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole