以汤止沸 yǐtāngzhǐfèi counterproductive Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以汤止沸 以湯止沸 yǐtāngzhǐfèi counterproductive To try to stop water from boiling by adding more boiling water; describes a wrong approach that makes a problem worse rather than solving it. Frequency Written text 0.001 per million Cross-References Synonym 以汤沃沸 yǐtāngwòfèi抱薪救火 bàoxīnjiùhuǒ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
以汤止沸 以湯止沸 yǐtāngzhǐfèi counterproductive To try to stop water from boiling by adding more boiling water; describes a wrong approach that makes a problem worse rather than solving it. Frequency Written text 0.001 per million Cross-References Synonym 以汤沃沸 yǐtāngwòfèi抱薪救火 bàoxīnjiùhuǒ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
