抓耳挠腮 (抓耳撓腮)
zhuā ěr náo sāi
Pinyin
Definition
抓耳挠腮 (抓耳撓腮)
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- to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to grab
- 2 to catch
- 3 to arrest
- 4 to snatch
- 5 to scratch
- 1 to grab
- 2 to capture
- 1 to blow one's top
- 2 to be driven mad
- 3 to become frantic
- 1 to grasp firmly
- 2 to pay special attention to
- 3 to rush in
- 4 to make the most of
- 1 ear
- 2 handle (archaeology)
- 3 and that is all (Classical Chinese)
Idioms (20)
俯首帖耳
- 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
- 2 at sb's beck and call
充耳不闻
- 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
如雷贯耳
- 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
- 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
忠言逆耳
- 1 loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
抓耳挠腮
- 1 to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)