隔靴搔痒 (隔靴搔癢) gé xuē sāo yǎng

gé xuē sāo yǎng set phrase to scratch the outside of a boot; beside the point
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '隔靴搔癢'; Guoyu '隔靴搔癢')

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 22 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation