trách bị
Definition
- 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.)