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隔靴搔痒
gé​xuē​sāo​yǎng

ineffectual

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
隔靴搔痒 隔靴搔癢 gé​xuē​sāo​yǎng
ineffectual
lit. scratching an itch through one's boot; used to describe an ineffective solution or someone who is way off the mark because they have failed to grasp the core of a problem

Frequency

Written text
0.236 per million

Cross-References

Antonym

  • 对症下药 duì​zhèng​xià​yào

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)