抓耳挠腮 zhuā'ěrnáosāi to scratch one's head Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 抓耳挠腮 抓耳撓腮 zhuā'ěrnáosāi to scratch one's head To scratch one's ears and cheeks as a sign of being anxious, agitated, or at a loss for what to do to be beside oneself with joy To scratch one's head and face as an expression of extreme delight or excitement. anguished To be distraught or depressed, often appearing harried and helpless Frequency Written text 0.230 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
抓耳挠腮 抓耳撓腮 zhuā'ěrnáosāi to scratch one's head To scratch one's ears and cheeks as a sign of being anxious, agitated, or at a loss for what to do to be beside oneself with joy To scratch one's head and face as an expression of extreme delight or excitement. anguished To be distraught or depressed, often appearing harried and helpless Frequency Written text 0.230 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
