療瘡剜肉
liáo​chuāng​wān​ròu

to rob Peter to pay Paul

  • created sense approved 疗疮剜肉/療瘡剜肉 · liáo​chuāng​wān​ròu · to rob Peter to pay Paul — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    疗疮剜肉 / 療瘡剜肉

    liáo​chuāng​wān​ròu

    to rob Peter to pay Paul

    to cut off one's flesh to patch a sore; a makeshift solution that provides temporary relief while causing greater long-term harm

    疗 (literal) → 疗/療 · liáo · to treat 疮 (literal) → 疮/瘡 · chuāng · sore 剜 (literal) → 剜 · wān · to scoop out 肉 (literal) → 肉 · ròu · meat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense