See get on someone's case on Wiktionary
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāocuò",
"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "挑錯 /挑错"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
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