Rub one's ears and cheeks
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ō ng ě RR ó usi, which means to describe the appearance of being anxious and helpless, the same as "scratching one's cheek with one's ears". From the story of the broken kiln.
The origin of Idioms
The third fold of Wang Shifu's broken kiln story in Yuan Dynasty: "I can't open my mouth without rubbing my ears."
Idiom usage
As an object or adverbial, it refers to an anxious appearance.
Rub one's ears and cheeks
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