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鸡蛋里挑骨头

jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou

6-character word Traditional 雞蛋裡挑骨頭

What 鸡蛋里挑骨头 means

1. to look for bones in an egg
2. to find fault
3. to nitpick (idiom)

The characters in 鸡蛋里挑骨头

• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 蛋dànegg; oval-shaped thing
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 骨gǔbone
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top