隔靴搔痒 (隔靴搔癢)
gé xuē sāo yǎng
Pinyin

Definition

隔靴搔痒 (隔靴搔癢)
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gé xuē sāo yǎng
  1. lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)
  2. fig. beside the point
  3. ineffectual

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

时隔
shí gé
  1. 1 separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
隔
gé
  1. 1 to separate
  2. 2 to partition
  3. 3 to stand or lie between
  4. 4 at a distance from
  5. 5 after or at an interval of
隔壁
gé bì
  1. 1 next door
  2. 2 neighbor
分隔
fēn gé
  1. 1 to divide
  2. 2 to separate
  3. 3 partition
相隔
xiāng gé
  1. 1 separated by (distance or time etc)

Idioms (11)

一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
天地悬隔
tiān dì xuán gé
  1. 1 lit. a gulf between heaven and earth
  2. 2 wide difference of opinion (idiom)
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
与世隔绝
yǔ shì gé jué
  1. 1 to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)