治丝而棼 zhìsī'érfén to make a mess of things Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 治丝而棼 治絲而棼 zhìsī'érfén to make a mess of things to mess up something by mishandling it; to fail to find the right way to approach a problem and make it worse, like trying to untangle a silk thread only to tangle it further Cross-References Variant of 治丝益棼 zhìsīyìfén
治丝而棼 治絲而棼 zhìsī'érfén to make a mess of things to mess up something by mishandling it; to fail to find the right way to approach a problem and make it worse, like trying to untangle a silk thread only to tangle it further Cross-References Variant of 治丝益棼 zhìsīyìfén