隔靴搔痒 — Chinese idiom
隔靴搔痒
gé xuē sāo yǎng
Traditional: 隔靴搔癢
Meaning
- lit. to scratch the outside of the boot
- fig. beside the point
- ineffectual
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 天地悬隔 tiān dì xuán gé
- 与世隔绝 yǔ shì gé jué
- 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ
- 隔岸观火 gé àn guān huǒ
- 隔年皇历 gé nián huáng lì
- 隔墙有耳 gé qiáng yǒu ěr
- 靴子落地 xuē zi luò dì
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 不痛不痒 bù tòng bù yǎng
- 无关痛痒 wú guān tòng yǎng
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