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救火扬沸
jiù​huǒ​yáng​fèi

to treat symptoms not causes

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救火扬沸 救火揚沸 jiù​huǒ​yáng​fèi
to treat symptoms not causes
(idiom) like pouring boiling water to put out a fire; to tackle a problem without addressing its root cause or to use an ineffective method that fails to eliminate the source of a disaster