gé xuē sāo yǎng

Traditional: 隔靴搔癢

隔靴搔痒 (gé xuē sāo yǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point; ineffectual”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)
  2. 2fig. beside the point
  3. 3ineffectual

Characters in 隔靴搔痒

隔gé · to separate靴xuē · boots搔sāo · to scratch痒yǎng · to itch

Related words

隔壁next door隔to separate隔离to separate靴子boots痒to itch痒variant of 癢|痒[yang3]靴boots靴variant of 靴[xue1]痒痒to itch隔间compartment间隔gap相隔separated by (distance or time etc)

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