What is the English expression for "jing jing ji jiao" - to overcare about every little detail?
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What is the English expression for "jing jing ji jiao" - to overcare about every little detail?
And also, for "xin xiong xia zhai" - one who gets jealous easily, and does not take criticism well...
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to overcare about every little detail
I gave a crude description; I am looking for an expression consisting of 1 or 2 words...
Sorry about the confusion.
xin xiong xia zhai = petty? narrow-minded?
jing jing ji jiao = fussy? nit-picky?
Small-minded.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ
I would also go with 'nit-picky'.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ
I believe the word you're looking for is Meticulous.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ
me·tic·u·lous (m-tky-ls)
adj.
1. Extremely careful and precise.
2. Extremely or excessively concerned with details.
Variation of the word-
me·ticu·losi·ty (-ls-t), me·ticu·lous·ness n.
me·ticu·lous·ly adv.
Synonyms: Punctilious, Precise, Fastidious, painstaking, careful, scrupulous
Credit source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Meticulous
Meticulous is a more positive word...while nit-picky is negative. Jing Jing Ji Jiao is kind of negative.
I've used meticulous before in interviews to describe myself...but never nit-picky haha.
Meticulous has a positive connotation to it though. 'Jing jing ji jiao' has a somewhat negative connotation.
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Originally Posted by 999roses
Well, then Scrupulous or Fastidious. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Ren Wo Xing
To me, scrupulous sounds negative.
Hehe, didn't realize roses posted too. Actually, the primary meaning of scrupulous is 'honest' or 'possessing moral integrity', so it definitely has a positive connotation as well.
Let's stick with nitpicky :p
narrow-mindedQuote:
xin xiong xia zhai
Calculative.Quote:
jing jing ji jiao
I thought calculative is more like "Jian Zha".
jian zha is more of... scheming.
New question: how to say 小气 and 大方 in English?
小气 is similar to "petty".
大方 is similar to "generous" if you want it to be the opposite of 小气.
Sometimes, people say that a person's dressing is 大方, which basically goes along the lines of being appropriate (tasteful) for the (usually grand) occasion.
i thought unscrupulous is negative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suet Seung
You are quite right Lucre. Unscrupulous means without principles or morals; in a word shady or no goodQuote:
Originally Posted by Lucre