Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Perfectionistic / Overly demanding: Describes a person who demands excessive perfection from others or from situations, often in a fault-finding or critical manner.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là người rất trách bị. (He is a very perfectionistic person.)
  • Đừng có trách bị quá! (Don't be so overly demanding!)
  • Tính trách bị của sếp khiến nhân viên căng thẳng. (The boss's perfectionistic nature stresses the employees.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in a negative or critical sense to describe someone whose standards are unrealistically high and whose criticism is seen as excessive or nitpicking.

Variants and Related Words

• Cầu toàn trách bị: This is a common four-word idiom meaning "to demand perfection," encapsulating the core meaning of being excessively perfectionistic.
  • Phong cách lãnh đạo cầu toàn trách bị đôi khi phản tác dụng. (A leadership style that demands perfection can sometimes be counterproductive.)

Synonyms

• Perfectionistic: Insisting on perfection.
• Overly critical: Inclined to find fault excessively.
• Nitpicking: Looking for small, unimportant errors to criticize.
• Exacting: Making great demands on one's skill or attention.

Related Idioms

• Cầu toàn trách bị: To be perfectionistic; to demand flawless execution.
  • Nhà văn đó nổi tiếng với sự cầu toàn trách bị. (That writer is famous for being perfectionistic.)