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Definition(s) for: 抓耳挠腮

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
抓耳挠腮 zhuā ěr náo sāi - to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 74,642 56,996

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
抓 zhuā- to grab
- to catch
- to arrest
- to snatch
- to scratch
耳 ěr- ear
- handle (archaeology)
- and that is all (Classical Chinese)
挠 náo- to scratch
- to thwart
- to yield
腮 sāi- cheek
腮 sāi- variant of 腮[sai1]

Other Words Containing 抓耳挠腮

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo