Translations for „hair-splitting“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

hair-splitting N ADJ

hair-splitting

吹毛求疵(的) chuī máo qiú cī

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Services happens to be one of those very ambiguous things that you can artificially inflate through hair-splitting.

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Nor is this mere academic hair-splitting, angels on the head of a pin; there are important issues at stake here.

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So instead they contrive some other hair-splitting argument.

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This is nothing but deceptive verbal hair-splitting and conceptual obfuscation.

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Take all of that together and this winds up being hair-splitting of the highest order.

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You wouldn't believe some of the hair-splitting arguments we've listened to.

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This means that instead of involving itself in constitutional hair-splitting regarding its jurisdiction it should act in a manner the national interest is served best.

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For a hair-splitting politician, that may seem like a fine solution -- especially when the question involves a law founded entirely on obfuscations, misrepresentations and outright lies.

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But it's a delicate dance for some members, and we now have a new category of weaselly hair-splitting.

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The results of this organic-vs-conventional exhibition match are hair-splitting, at best, hardly justifies being charged twice the normal price in the grocery store.

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