Read Edit View history 以汤止沸 yǐtāngzhǐfèi counterproductive Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以汤止沸 以湯止沸 yǐtāngzhǐfèi counterproductive To try to stop water from boiling by adding more boiling water; describes a wrong approach that makes a problem worse rather than solving it. Frequency Written text 0.001 per million Cross-References Synonym 以汤沃沸 yǐtāngwòfèi抱薪救火 bàoxīnjiùhuǒ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
以汤止沸 以湯止沸 yǐtāngzhǐfèi counterproductive To try to stop water from boiling by adding more boiling water; describes a wrong approach that makes a problem worse rather than solving it. Frequency Written text 0.001 per million Cross-References Synonym 以汤沃沸 yǐtāngwòfèi抱薪救火 bàoxīnjiùhuǒ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)