搔首弄姿 — Chinese idiom
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
Meaning
- to strike a coquettish pose
Character by character
- 搔sāoto scratch
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 姿zīgrace, good looks; bearing, poise, posture
Idioms sharing a character
- 隔靴搔痒 gé xuē sāo yǎng
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
- 俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài
- 昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
- 昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù
- 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi
- 痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu
- 白首齐眉 bái shǒu qí méi
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