铁耙子搔痒，一把硬手儿鐵耙子搔癢，一把硬手兒鐵耙子搔癢，一把硬手兒

scratching an itch with an iron rake: a tough hand

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Says a person is an able, highly skilled expert.
Wordplay: 硬手 (yìngshǒu) literally means a hard hand, like the iron rake, and also means a tough, highly skilled person.

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Simplified: 铁耙子搔痒，一把硬手儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 鐵耙子搔癢，一把硬手兒
Pinyin: tiě pázi sāoyǎng, yì bǎ yìngshǒu ér
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄆㄚˊ ˙ㄗㄙㄠㄧㄤˇ，ㄧˋ ㄅㄚˇ ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄦˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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