bắt khoan bắt nhặt
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Meaning · English
To be meticulous and demanding in a petty way
Literally: catch big catch small
Examples
Người quản lý mới rất khó tính, bắt khoan bắt nhặt từng chi tiết nhỏ.The new manager is very meticulous, catching every small detail.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “bắt khoan bắt nhặt” mean?
To be meticulous and demanding in a petty way Literally: catch big catch small
Is “bắt khoan bắt nhặt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.