刺兒

a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong

(onom.) whoosh

thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

an awkward person / a difficult person to deal with

gooseberry

biting words / stinging words

to find fault

erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4]