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抓耳挠腮
zhuā ěr náo sāi
What 抓耳挠腮 means
- to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
The characters in 抓耳挠腮
- 抓zhuāto grab; to catch; to arrest
- 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
- 腮sāicheek
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