Chinese–English

隔靴搔痒

gé xuē sāo yǎng · ge xue sao yang

Traditional 隔靴搔癢

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)
  2. fig. beside the point
  3. ineffectual
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