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捉字蝨. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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捉字蝨 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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to clutch; to grab; to capture
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letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
louse
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| trad. (捉字蝨/捉字虱)
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捉
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字
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蝨/虱
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| simp. (捉字虱)
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捉
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字
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虱
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| alternative forms
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捉字失 Cantonese
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| Literally: “to catch word lice”.
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Pronunciation
Verb
捉字蝨
- (Cantonese) to be picky with words; to pay too much attention to the shades of meanings of words; to find fault with the choice of words
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
摳字眼 (“to find fault with the choice of words; to be picky with words”)