扬汤止沸 yángtāngzhǐfèi ineffective solution Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 扬汤止沸 揚湯止沸 yángtāngzhǐfèi ineffective solution To try to stop water from boiling by scooping it up and pouring it back in; describes an ineffective or temporary half-measure that fails to solve a problem at its source. Frequency Written text 0.078 per million Cross-References Antonym 釜底抽薪 fǔdǐchōuxīnSynonym 负薪救火 fùxīnjiùhuǒ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
扬汤止沸 揚湯止沸 yángtāngzhǐfèi ineffective solution To try to stop water from boiling by scooping it up and pouring it back in; describes an ineffective or temporary half-measure that fails to solve a problem at its source. Frequency Written text 0.078 per million Cross-References Antonym 釜底抽薪 fǔdǐchōuxīnSynonym 负薪救火 fùxīnjiùhuǒ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
