挖肉补疮 wāròubǔchuāng to rob Peter to pay Paul Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wāròubǔchuāng to rob Peter to pay Paul to cut out a piece of one's healthy flesh to patch a sore; refers to using a harmful temporary measure to solve a problem without considering the consequences or making the situation worse. Frequency Written text 0.015 per million Cross-References Same as 剜肉补疮 wānròubǔchuāngSee 剜肉医疮 wānròuyīchuāngSynonym 饮鸩止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wāròubǔchuāng to rob Peter to pay Paul to cut out a piece of one's healthy flesh to patch a sore; refers to using a harmful temporary measure to solve a problem without considering the consequences or making the situation worse. Frequency Written text 0.015 per million Cross-References Same as 剜肉补疮 wānròubǔchuāngSee 剜肉医疮 wānròuyīchuāngSynonym 饮鸩止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
