wān​ròu​yī​chuāng

to rob Peter to pay Paul

  • created reference approved 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 → 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剜肉医疮 / 剜肉醫瘡 wān​ròu​yī​chuāng

    饮鸩止渴 / 飲鴆止渴 yǐn​zhèn​zhǐ​kě

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  • created reference approved 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 → 剜肉补疮/剜肉補瘡 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剜肉医疮 / 剜肉醫瘡 wān​ròu​yī​chuāng

    剜肉补疮 / 剜肉補瘡 wān​ròu​bǔ​chuāng

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  • created reference approved 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 → 牵萝补屋/牽蘿補屋 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剜肉医疮 / 剜肉醫瘡 wān​ròu​yī​chuāng

    牵萝补屋 / 牽蘿補屋 qiān​luó​bǔ​wū

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  • created reference approved 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 → 挖肉补疮/挖肉補瘡 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剜肉医疮 / 剜肉醫瘡 wān​ròu​yī​chuāng

    挖肉补疮 / 挖肉補瘡 wā​ròu​bǔ​chuāng

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  • created reference approved 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 → 疗疮剜肉/療瘡剜肉 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剜肉医疮 / 剜肉醫瘡 wān​ròu​yī​chuāng

    疗疮剜肉 / 療瘡剜肉 liáo​chuāng​wān​ròu

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  • created sense approved 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 · wān​ròu​yī​chuāng · to rob Peter to pay Paul — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剜肉医疮 / 剜肉醫瘡

    wān​ròu​yī​chuāng

    to rob Peter to pay Paul

    to cut off flesh to heal a sore; to use a harmful makeshift remedy that ignores the long-term consequences

    剜 (literal) → 剜 · wān · to scoop out 肉 (literal) → 肉 · ròu · meat 医 (literal) → 医/醫 · yī · to treat 疮 (literal) → 疮/瘡 · chuāng · sore

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