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 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 duìzhèngxiàyào Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
隔靴搔痒 隔靴搔癢 géxuēsāoyǎng 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 duìzhèngxiàyào Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)