Crawling and itching
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ì g òò up á y ǎ ng, which means to remove the dirty and itch, means to remove evil. It comes from Han Yu's epitaph of Wang Jun, the judge of Dali in Tang Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; used in figurative sentences
The origin of Idioms
According to Han Yu's epitaph of Wang Jun, the judge of the imperial censor's observation, the people were awakened
Idiom explanation
Get rid of the dirt and scratch. It's a metaphor for getting rid of evil.
Crawling and itching
lament to heaven and knock one 's head on earth - hū tiān kòu dì
respecting the old and being kind to the young - jìng lǎo cí shǎo