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橫挑鼻子豎挑眼

简横挑鼻子竖挑眼 · 繁橫挑鼻子豎挑眼

Mandarin · pinyin héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn

to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
to criticize right and left

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橫: Look up this written character
挑: tiāo · a load carried on the shoulders; to carry
鼻: bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
豎: Look up this written character
眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
横: héng · across
竖: shù · perpendicular, vertical; erect

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2–1–2–5–4–1–3 · heng2 tiao1 bi2 zi5 shu4 tiao1 yan3

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