The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「抓耳撓腮」, detailing its meaning and use.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「抓耳撓腮」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Scratch: scratch. Scratch your ears and ribs. Describes the feeling of being anxious and helpless.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhuā ěr náo sāi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jaau2 yi5 naau4 soi1
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