scratch one 's head

scratch one 's head

In Chinese, Pinyin is p á ěā RS ā OS ā I, which means to be eager and helpless. It comes from Lu Xun's preface to zazazaji written by Xu maoyong.

Idiom explanation

An eager and helpless appearance.

Idioms and allusions

Lu Xun's "qijieting essays II · Xu maoyong's preface to the collection of miscellaneous works": "I'm joking with people who are not from the East and the West. I want to make him scratch his ears and feel that his world is a little gray."

Analysis of Idioms

As an attribute or adverbial, it refers to a person's manner.