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隔靴搔痒
gé xuē sāo yǎng
What 隔靴搔痒 means
- lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)
- fig. beside the point
- ineffectual
The characters in 隔靴搔痒
- 隔géto separate; to partition; to stand or lie between
- 靴xuēboots
- 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚
- 痒yǎngto itch; to tickle
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