吹毛求疵

ài chuī máo qiú cī de rén wǎng wǎng shì xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi hé wú zhī de rén

爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人。

The intensely critical spirit is often the narrow-minded and ignorant one.

bié duì tā nà me chuī máo qiú cī tā yǐ jīng jìn quán lì le

别对他那么吹毛求疵！他已经尽全力了！

Cut him some slack! He's doing his best!

bù yào duì tā men chuī máo qiú cī

不要对他们吹毛求疵。

Don't nitpick at them.

duì bié rén de jiàn yì chuī máo qiú cī hěn róng yì dàn yào zì jǐ tí chū gèng hǎo de jiàn jiě jiù bù nà me róng yì le

对别人的建议吹毛求疵很容易，但要自己提出更好的见解就不那么容易了。

It's easy to pick holes in other people's proposals. It's not so easy to put forward better ideas of your own.

zhè shì yī běn hǎo shū ruò duì tā de bù zú zhī chù guò duō zhǐ zhāi wèi miǎn yǒu diǎn chuī máo qiú cī

这是一本好书，若对它的不足之处过多指摘，未免有点吹毛求疵。

On the whole it's a good book. And it would be nitpicking to dwell on those small defects.