屎壳郎爬到扫帚上，专一找杈儿屎殼郎爬到掃帚上，專一找杈兒屎殼郎爬到掃帚上，專一找杈兒

a dung beetle climbs on a broom: looks only for forks (for faults)

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

May offend: vulgar language

Meaning: Mocks someone who deliberately picks faults.
Wordplay: 杈儿 (chàr, a fork of the broom) sounds like 碴儿 (chár, a fault), so 'seeking forks' means 'picking faults'.

Sign up for a free account to save sentences and hear them read aloud

Simplified: 屎壳郎爬到扫帚上，专一找杈儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 屎殼郎爬到掃帚上，專一找杈兒
Pinyin: shǐkélàng pá dào sàozhou shàng, zhuānyī zhǎo chār
Bopomofo: ㄕˇ ㄎㄜˊ ㄌㄤˋ ㄆㄚˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄙㄠˋ ˙ㄓㄡㄕㄤˋ，ㄓㄨㄢㄧㄓㄠˇ ㄔㄚㄦ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

Words in this sentence

Where this sentence is used

Chinese sayings

Sign up for a free Chinese Boost account

Save the words and sentences you find here to your own list, and hear them read aloud. You can export the list to your flashcards whenever you like.

Create a free account

All Chinese example sentences