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挠
撓
nao2
 
- to scratch; to thwart; to yield
 
| strokes | 
9 | 
| radical | 
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| strokes after radical | 
6 | 
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百折不挠
百折不撓
bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2
 
- to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom); to be undaunted by repeated setbacks; to be indomitable
 
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不屈不挠
不屈不撓
bu4 qu1 bu4 nao2
 
- unyielding; indomitable
 
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干挠
干撓
gan1 nao2
 
- variant of 干擾|干扰, to interfere
 
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挠败
撓敗
nao2 bai4
 
- defeated; routed; crushed
 
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挠钩
撓鉤
nao2 gou1
 
- iron hook at the end a long pole
 
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挠裂
撓裂
nao2 lie4
 
- split due to repeated folding; flex crack
 
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挠率
撓率
nao2 lv4
 
- the torsion (of a space curve)
 
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挠曲
撓曲
nao2 qu1
 
- to bend; flexing; deflection
 
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挠头
撓頭
nao2 tou2
 
- tricky; problematic; difficult; to scratch one's head (in puzzlement)
 
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挠痒痒
撓癢癢
nao2 yang3 yang5
 
- to tickle
 
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屈挠
屈撓
qu1 nao2
 
- to surrender; to yield; to flex
 
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痒痒挠
癢癢撓
yang3 yang5 nao2
 
- backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
 
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抓耳挠腮
抓耳撓腮
zhua1 er3 nao2 sai1
 
- to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
 
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抓挠
抓撓
zhua1 nao5
 
- to scratch; to mess about with; to quarrel; to scramble to do; sb or sth that one can rely on
 
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阻挠
阻撓
zu3 nao2
 
- to thwart; to obstruct (sth)