Read Edit View history 治丝而棼 zhìsī'érfén to make a mess of things Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 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 Edit Delete References Add reference variant 治丝而棼/治絲而棼 → 治丝益棼/治絲益棼 Edit Delete variant 治丝益棼/治絲益棼 → 治丝而棼/治絲而棼 Edit Delete
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 Edit Delete