Blowing wool and scaling

Blowing wool and scaling

Chuo Mo Suo Gou is a Chinese word. Its pinyin is Chu ī m á OSU ǒ g ò u, which means to blow open the hair on the skin and look for scars. It refers to deliberately picking on other people's shortcomings and looking for mistakes. It comes from the story of Mr. Xiong and Xiaogan.

The origin of Idioms

Gu Yanwu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his book the story of Mr. Xiong in Xiaogan: "once you enter this situation, you will be a person of later generations."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attributive, or object; used to refer to deliberate nitpicking.