created reference approved 剜肉补疮/剜肉補瘡 → 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
剜肉补疮 / 剜肉補瘡 wānròubǔchuāng
剜肉医疮 / 剜肉醫瘡 wānròuyīchuāng
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 剜肉补疮/剜肉補瘡 → 挖肉补疮/挖肉補瘡 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
剜肉补疮 / 剜肉補瘡 wānròubǔchuāng
挖肉补疮 / 挖肉補瘡 wāròubǔchuāng
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 剜肉补疮/剜肉補瘡 · wānròubǔchuāng · to resort to a remedy worse than the disease or rob Peter to pay Paul — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
剜肉补疮 / 剜肉補瘡
wānròubǔchuāng
to resort to a remedy worse than the disease or rob Peter to pay Paul
To cut out a piece of healthy flesh to patch a sore; describes using a harmful makeshift solution to solve an urgent problem without considering the consequences.
剜 (literal) → 剜 · wān · to scoop out 肉 (literal) → 肉 · ròu · meat 补 (literal) → 补/補 · bǔ · to mend 疮 (literal) → 疮/瘡 · chuāng · sore
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