膝癢搔背
xī​yǎng​sāo​bèi

to miss the point

  • created sense approved 膝痒搔背/膝癢搔背 · xī​yǎng​sāo​bèi · to miss the point — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    膝痒搔背 / 膝癢搔背

    xī​yǎng​sāo​bèi

    to miss the point

    to scratch one's back when it is the knee that itches; to address the wrong problem or miss the point entirely

    膝 (literal) → 膝 · xī · knee 痒 (literal) → 痒/癢 · yǎng · to itch 搔背 (literal) → 搔背 · sāo​bèi · to scratch one's back

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense