搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī

to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 34421st word

Definitions

  1. 1. to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
搔 sāo
to scratch; old variant of 騷sāo
首 shǒu HSK 4
first (occasion, thing etc); head; chief
弄 nòng HSK 4
to do; to handle; to manage
姿 zī HSK 5
appearance; looks; beauty