Dictionary › 疵
疵
cī
What 疵 means
- blemish
- flaw
- defect
Example sentences
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不要这么吹毛求疵。Bù yào zhème chuīmáoqiúcī.You don't have to go getting so hairy about such a small thing.
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他的演技绝对有瑕疵。His acting is far from being perfect.
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我想办法克服了对别人吹毛求疵的毛病。Wǒ xiǎng bànfǎ kèfú le duì biéren chuīmáo-qiúcī de máobìng.I've found a way to overcome my habit of always picking fault with others.
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我不懂得詹姆斯为什么一直给他的妻子吹毛求疵。Wǒ bù dǒngde Zhānmǔsī wèishénme yīzhí gěi tā de qīzi chuīmáoqiúcī.I can't understand why James always finds fault with his wife.
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我不懂得詹姆斯为什幺一直给他的妻子吹毛求疵。I can't understand why James always finds fault with his wife.
Words containing 疵
- 瑕疵xiá cīblemish; flaw; defect
- 吹毛求疵chuī máo qiú cīlit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom)…
- 大醇小疵dà chún xiǎo cīgreat despite minor blemishes; a rough diamond
Characters built on 此
These share the phonetic component 此 (cǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 紫zǐpurple; violet
- 雌cífemale; Taiwan pr. cī
- 眦zì(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus
- 呲cī(colloquial) to scold; to rebuke
- 赀zīto estimate; to fine (archaic); variant of 资
- 龇zīto bare (one's teeth)
- 髭zīmustache
- 訾zīto calculate; to assess; wealth
Characters that look like 疵
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 族zúrace; nationality; ethnicity
- 梭suō(textiles) shuttle
- 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled
- 痢lìdysentery
- 疸daused in 疙疸
- 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
Sounds the same
Read cī, tone for tone, but written differently.
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