bigoted adherence to petty formalism: bother about small matters; be punc tilious
? 我的意思不是要你～，我只是希望你的言行要檢點(diǎn)一些。I don’t mean to say that you should bother about small matters. I only hope that you’ll be more careful about your words and deeds.
拘泥小節(jié)jū ní xiǎo jié
拘泥于細(xì)微之處。形容比較固執(zhí)于某些細(xì)微的小事。stand on trifles, strain at a gnat, be tied down by petty things