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

别为了鸡毛蒜皮的事吵架。

Bié wèile jīmáosuànpí de shì chǎojià.

Don't argue over trivial matters.

他们总是因为鸡毛蒜皮的小事闹矛盾。

Tāmen zǒngshì yīnwèi jīmáosuànpí 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