Read Edit View history 隔靴搔痒 géxuēsāoyǎng ineffectual Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 隔靴搔痒 (隔靴搔癢) géxuēsāoyǎng ineffectual idiom literally scratching an itch from outside the boot; failing to get to the heart of the matter or address the root of a problem; beside the point Frequency Written text 0.236 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
隔靴搔痒 (隔靴搔癢) géxuēsāoyǎng ineffectual idiom literally scratching an itch from outside the boot; failing to get to the heart of the matter or address the root of a problem; beside the point Frequency Written text 0.236 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)