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搔痒

sāo yǎng

2-character word Traditional 搔癢

What 搔痒 means

1. to scratch (an itch)
2. to tickle

The characters in 搔痒

• 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚
• 痒yǎngto itch; to tickle

Words containing 搔痒

• 隔靴搔痒gé xuē sāo yǎnglit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point; ineffectual

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