抓耳挠腮
zhuā’ěr-náosāiTraditional 抓耳撓腮
to scratch one's head (anxious or puzzled)
Every meaning
zhuā’ěr-náosāi
- to scratch one's head (anxious or puzzled)
Its characters
- 抓zhuāto grab; to seize
- 耳ěrear
- 挠náoto scratch
- 腮sāicheek
Words with 抓
Words with 耳
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.