隔靴搔癢
Chinese
- to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off
boots to scratch an itch; to tickle trad. (隔靴搔癢) 隔 靴 搔癢 simp. (隔靴搔痒) 隔 靴 搔痒 Literally: “to scratch an itch from outside one's boot”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
隔靴搔癢
- to attempt an ineffective solution