to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
trad. 抓耳撓腮
Also written 抓耳撓腮【zhuā ěr náo sāi】
Characters in this word
4抓
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to grab, to catch, to arrest, to snatch, to scratch
- Pinyin
- zhuā
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 524 of 2500
耳
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
ear, handle (archaeology), and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- Pinyin
- ěr
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 12650 of 2500
挠
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to scratch, to thwart, to yield
- Pinyin
- náo
- Traditional
- 撓
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 20162 of 2500
腮
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
cheek
- Pinyin
- sāi
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 44463 of 2500