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抓耳挠腮

zhuā ěr náo sāi to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
zhuā to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch
  ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
   náo to scratch / to thwart / to yield
    sāi cheek
    sāi variant of
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