“横挑鼻子竖挑眼” means to look for flaws or to nitpick. The words “横” and “竖” represent different ways and the words “鼻子” and “眼” are used to substitute the different elements on something or somebody that are being nitpicked. The entire structure means to use various methods to nitpick at every detail.

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Year-end Top 10: Official Say Stupid Things

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“饽饽” is a term found in some Northern dialects, sometimes to refer to pastries or other similar snacks, sometimes to steamed buns or other lump-shaped wheaten foods made of flour. A “香饽饽” is something thought to be mouthwatering and tempting – something that everyone likes and wants. For this reason, the expression “香饽饽” is used to describe someone or something that is popular or in high demand.

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Attracted by China's rapid economic growth, lower jobless rate, and abundance of opportunities, more and more Americans are coming to China for employment. As a result, more Chinese and Americans are working side by side than ever before. These cross-cultural partnerships, while beneficial in many ways, has created many friction at the work place due to differences in upbringing.

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Back in the 1970s, the United States and China exchanged ping pong players that marked a thaw in Sino-U.S. relations and paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon. Today, a similar strategy is being deployed by China and Taiwan in the form of exchanging endangered species.

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When people hear thunder they generally assume it will rain. However, sometimes even though there’s loud thunder, it rains very little or not at all. This expression is used to say that someone talks a lot about doing something or plans something out very well, but takes little real action. Sometimes this expression can also be used to describe that someone is fake-crying - crying loudly with little or no tears.

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Gay bars have been operating in China for the past 15 years, however, one in Dali, Yunnan has attracted international attention in the past few weeks because it is the first government funded gay bar in China. After a three-week delay, the bar opened Saturday in a low-key fashion.

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The Chinese workers were nominated as the Time’s Person of the Year 2009.

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This expression literally means “to look for a bone in an egg.” Since there are no bones in an egg, this expression is therefore used to describe looking for a flaw where there is none.

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Zhao Baige linked China's one-child policy to emissions reduction at the recent UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen.

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