Jyutping
gai1 daan2 leoi5 tiu1 gwat1 tau4
Pinyin
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
故意、夾硬揾啲缺點嚟挑剔人 to look for flaws where there are none to be found; to be nitpicking; literally: to pick a bone from an egg
佢對你有偏見，所以經常喺雞蛋裏挑骨頭。
佢对你有偏见，所以经常喺鸡蛋里挑骨头。
keoi5 deoi3 nei5 jau5 pin1 gin3, so2 ji5 ging1 soeng4 hai2 gai1 daan2 leoi5 tiu1 gwat1 tau4. He doesn't like you so he always criticizes you for your extremely minor mistakes.
He doesn't like you so he always criticizes you for your extremely minor mistakes.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
他们一方面授予你广泛的权力——或者至少他们说要这样做，一方面又在你工作中最重要而且你又最为关注的领域鸡蛋里挑骨头，令你无所适从。
他們一方面授予你廣泛的權力——或者至少他們説要這樣做，一方面又在你工作中最重要而且你又最為關注的領域雞蛋裏挑骨頭，令你無所適從。
tā men yī fāng miàn shòu yǔ nǐ guǎng fàn de quán lì — huò zhě zhì shào tā men shuō yào zhè yàng zuò ， yī fāng miàn yòu zài nǐ gōng zuò zhōng zuì zhòng yào ér qiě nǐ yòu zuì wéi guān zhù de lǐng yù jī dàn li tiǎo gǔ tou ， lìng nǐ wú suǒ shì cóng ．
On the one hand, they grant you extensive power—or at least they say that they want to do that; on the other hand, they nitpick at the area most important in your work, the one that you pay most attention to, causing you to be at a loss of what to do.