求全责备

求全責備

qiúquánzébèi

idiom

Meanings

1 to demand perfection
2 to be overly critical
3 to nitpick

Characters

to seek, demand

complete, whole

to demand, require

complete, prepared

Examples

对新员工不要求全责备，要给他们成长的空间。

Duì xīn yuángōng bù yào qiúquánzébèi, yào gěi tāmen chéngzhǎng de kōngjiān.

Don't demand perfection from new employees — give them room to grow.

父母对孩子求全责备反而有害。

Fùmǔ duì háizi qiúquánzébèi fǎn'ér yǒuhài.

Parents being overly demanding of their children is actually harmful.

Tips

history

Rooted in 《论语·微子》: 无求备于一人 ('don't demand that one person be perfectly complete'). The negative value is Confucian: judge people by their strengths, not their flaws.

mistakes

责备 here means 'to demand completeness' (备=complete), not 'to scold' as in modern usage. Don't interpret it as 'demanding and scolding'.

Stroke Order

求 qiú

全 quán

责 zé

备 bèi