search minutely for sb . 's smallest fault
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ō UG ē NT ī ch ǐ, which means to search for the root, even the details. From the outlaws of the marsh.
The origin of Idioms
Ming Shi Naian "outlaws of the marsh" Chapter 41: "only hate Huang Wenbing that fellow root pick teeth, several times instigate poison, harm us."
Analysis of Idioms
Search for the bottom line
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive.
search minutely for sb . 's smallest fault
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cherish an old broom as if it were a thousand pieces of gold - bì zhǒu qiān jīn
under the moon and before the flowers - yuè xià huā qián