created reference approved 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 止渴饮鸩/止渴飲鴆 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饮鸩止渴 / 飲鴆止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě
止渴饮鸩 / 止渴飲鴆 zhǐkěyǐnzhèn
see
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created reference approved 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 饮酖止渴/飲酖止渴 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饮鸩止渴 / 飲鴆止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě
饮酖止渴 / 飲酖止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě
variant
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created reference approved 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 挖肉补疮/挖肉補瘡 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饮鸩止渴 / 飲鴆止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě
挖肉补疮 / 挖肉補瘡 wāròubǔchuāng
synonym
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created reference approved 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 → 剜肉补疮/剜肉補瘡 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饮鸩止渴 / 飲鴆止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě
剜肉补疮 / 剜肉補瘡 wānròubǔchuāng
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created sense approved 饮鸩止渴/飲鴆止渴 · yǐnzhènzhǐkě · the remedy is worse than the disease — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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
饮 (literal) → 饮/飲 · yǐn · to drink 鸩 (literal) → 鸩/鴆 · zhèn · poisonous wine 止渴 (literal) → 止渴 · zhǐkě · to quench thirst
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