抓耳挠腮
Traditional form:
抓耳撓腮
Pinyin (reading):
zhuā'ěrnáosāi
Definitions:
- to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
Characters:
- 抓 - to clutch, to grab, to seize
- 耳 - ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 挠 - to yield; to scratch, to disturb
- 腮 - jaw; gills
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