橫挑鼻子豎挑眼 héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. to criticize right and left

CHARACTERS

橫 héng across, horizontal, lateral
挑 tiāo a load carried on the shoulders; to carry
鼻 bí nose; first; KangXi radical 209
子 zi offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch
豎 shù vertical; perpendicular; upright
挑 tiāo a load carried on the shoulders; to carry
眼 yǎn eye; eyelet, hole, opening