横挑鼻子竖挑眼

héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn

to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)

to criticize right and left

héng

horizontal

tiāo

to carry on a shoulder pole

nose

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

shù

to erect

tiāo

to carry on a shoulder pole

yǎn

eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])