Read Edit View history 飲鴆止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě the remedy is worse than the disease Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 饮鸩止渴/ 飲鴆止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě the remedy is worse than the disease lit. drinking poison to quench one's thirst; used to describe taking a desperate, harmful measure to solve a temporary problem without regard for the disastrous consequences Edit Delete References Add reference see 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 止渴饮鸩/止渴飲鴆 Edit Delete variant 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 饮酖止渴/飲酖止渴 Edit Delete synonym 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 挖肉补疮/挖肉補瘡 Edit Delete synonym 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 剜肉补疮/剜肉補瘡 Edit Delete synonym 剜肉医疮/剜肉醫瘡 → 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 Edit Delete
饮鸩止渴/ 飲鴆止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě the remedy is worse than the disease lit. drinking poison to quench one's thirst; used to describe taking a desperate, harmful measure to solve a temporary problem without regard for the disastrous consequences Edit Delete