鸡蛋里挑骨头，故意找碴儿雞蛋裡挑骨頭，故意找碴兒雞蛋裏挑骨頭，故意找碴兒

picking bones out of an egg: deliberately looking for faults

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Purposely finding fault with someone. Critical.
Wordplay: 碴儿 (chár) means a small fragment and also a pretext for a quarrel.

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Simplified: 鸡蛋里挑骨头，故意找碴儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 雞蛋裡挑骨頭，故意找碴兒
Traditional (Hong Kong): 雞蛋裏挑骨頭，故意找碴兒
Pinyin: jīdànlitiāogǔtou, gùyì zhǎochár
Pinyin (Taiwan): jīdànlitiāogútou, gùyì zhǎochár
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄉㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄊㄧㄠㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄍㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄓㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊㄦ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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