argue about little details

argue about little details

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is di ā NJ ī Nb ō Li ǎ ng, which means to care too much about small things. From the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of the first book of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "no matter what people say, he is not afraid to weigh the weight."

Analysis of Idioms

Care about everything

Idiom usage

It is in vain to show him. Not only can we not do it, but also we have to say something irrelevant. (the tenth chapter of Wu Jianren's confused world in Qing Dynasty)