搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
Pinyin

Definition

搔首弄姿
 - 
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

弄
lòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
回首
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
多姿多彩
duō zī duō cǎi
  1. 1 diversity (of forms and colors)
姿势
zī shì
  1. 1 posture
  2. 2 position
姿态
zī tài
  1. 1 attitude
  2. 2 posture
  3. 3 stance
姿色
zī sè
  1. 1 good looks (of a woman)
孙燕姿
Sūn Yàn zī
  1. 1 Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
弄丢
nòng diū
  1. 1 to lose
弄到
nòng dào
  1. 1 to get hold of
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to secure
  4. 4 to come by
弄坏
nòng huài
  1. 1 to ruin
  2. 2 to spoil
  3. 3 to break
弄死
nòng sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to put to death
弄醒
nòng xǐng
  1. 1 to wake sb up
弄脏
nòng zāng
  1. 1 to make dirty
  2. 2 to defile
  3. 3 to smear
捉弄
zhuō nòng
  1. 1 to tease
搬弄
bān nòng
  1. 1 to fiddle with
  2. 2 to play and move sth about
  3. 3 to show off (what one can do)
  4. 4 to parade (one's capabilities)
  5. 5 to cause trouble
拨弄
bō nòng
  1. 1 to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc)
  2. 2 to fiddle with
  3. 3 to stir up
摆弄
bǎi nòng
  1. 1 to move back and forth
  2. 2 to fiddle with
昂首
áng shǒu
  1. 1 head high
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)

Idioms (20)

仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
千姿百态
qiān zī bǎi tài
  1. 1 in different poses and with different expressions
  2. 2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
  1. 1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
姿态婀娜
zī tài ē nuó
  1. 1 to have an elegant countenance (idiom)
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
  1. 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
  1. 1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
  2. 2 to strut
班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
  1. 1 to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
  1. 1 afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
  2. 2 afraid of the slightest thing
痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu
  1. 1 bitter and hateful (idiom)
  2. 2 to grieve and lament (over sth)
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
  1. 1 (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
百姿千态
bǎi zī qiān tài
  1. 1 in different poses and with different expressions
  2. 2 in thousands of postures (idiom)

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