横挑鼻子竖挑眼

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

Character by character

• 横(héng)horizontal
• 挑(tiāo)carry on a shoulder pole
• 鼻(bí)nose
• 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"
• 竖(shù)erect
• 挑(tiāo)carry on a shoulder pole
• 眼(yǎn)eye