鸡毛蒜皮

雞毛蒜皮

jīmáo-suànpí

idiom #18,736

Meanings

1 trivial matters
2 petty trifles
3 chicken feathers and garlic skins

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

别为了鸡毛蒜皮的事吵架。

Bié wèile jīmáo-suànpí de shì chǎojià.

Don't argue over trivial matters.

HSK 5

他们总是因为鸡毛蒜皮的小事闹矛盾。

Tāmen zǒngshì yīnwèi jīmáo-suànpí de xiǎoshì nào máodùn.

They always have conflicts over petty trifles.

Tips

memory

Literally 'chicken feathers and garlic skins' - both are worthless scraps you'd throw away, so the idiom means things too trivial to bother with.

Stroke Order

鸡 jī

毛 máo

蒜 suàn

皮 pí