"Scratch" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 抓 |  zhuā | to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch |   |
| 划痕 | huá hén | a scratch | |
| 擦伤 | cā shāng | to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch | |
| 搔痒 | sāo yǎng | to scratch (an itch) / to tickle | |
| 抓挠 | zhuā nao | to scratch / to mess about with / to quarrel / to scramble to do / sb or sth that one can rely on | |
| 划 | huá | to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) | |
| 挠 | náo | to scratch / to thwart / to yield | |
| 搔 | sāo | to scratch / old variant of 騷|骚[sao1] | |
| 猱 | náo | macaque (zoology) / brisk and nimble / to scratch | |
| 擿 | zhì | to scratch / old variant of 擲|掷[zhi4] | |
| 刮伤 | guā shāng | scratch (wound) / scratch (damage to an object) | |
| 浅耕 | qiǎn gēng | to scratch / shallow plowing | |
| 擦掠 | cā lu:è | to brush against / to graze / to scratch | |
| 㧟 | kuǎi | (dialect) to scratch (an itch) / to carry on the arm / to scoop up / Taiwan pr. [kuai1] | |
| 白手起家 | bái shǒu qǐ jiā | to build up from nothing / to start from scratch | |
| 度日 | dù rì | to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence | |
| 从零开始 | cóng líng kāi shǐ | to start from scratch | |
| 起跑线 | qǐ pǎo xiàn | the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) | |
| 另起炉灶 | lìng qǐ lú zào | lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom) / to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path | |
| 互通有无 | hù tōng yǒu wú | mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) / to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls / to reciprocate with material assistance / scratch each other's back | |
| 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) | |
| 隔靴搔痒 | gé xuē sāo yǎng | lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom) / fig. beside the point / ineffectual | |
| 抓痒 | zhuā yǎng | to scratch an itch | |
| 投桃报李 | tóu táo bào lǐ | toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. | |
| 平地起家 | píng dì qǐ jiā | to start from scratch (idiom) | |
| 挠头 | náo tóu | tricky / problematic / difficult / to scratch one's head (in puzzlement) | |
| 乱抓 | luàn zhuā | to claw wildly / to scratch frantically / to arrest people indiscriminately | |
| 零起点 | líng qǐ diǎn | from zero / from scratch / beginners' (course) / for beginners | |
| 归零 | guī líng | to reset to zero / (fig.) to start again from scratch / to go back to square one | |
| 抓搔 | zhuā sāo | to scratch an itch | |
| 猫抓病 | māo zhuā bìng | cat scratch disease / cat scratch fever | |
| 重起炉灶 | chóng qǐ lú zào | to start over from scratch (idiom) | |
| 失准 | shī zhǔn | not up to scratch / subpar / off / gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark | |
| 抠脚 | kōu jiǎo | to scratch one's foot / (fig.) to be stingy / (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc) | |
