Searching for faults

Searching for faults

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Su ǒ g ò UX ú NC ī, which means to be picky. It's from killing dogs and persuading husbands.

The origin of Idioms

The fourth part of killing a dog and persuading a husband written by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty: "we found out that he had stopped his business, so we went up to look for faults."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attribute; used in figurative sentences.

Examples

In Yuan Dynasty, Xiao Dexiang's "Yang's female killing a dog and persuading her husband" the fourth fold: "every day I went to the Huajie wine shop and tasted bamboo and silk. We found out that he was not doing it, so I went to the restaurant to find fault...... It's just a matter of fact. "