Read Edit View history 挖肉补疮 wāròubǔchuāng to rob Peter to pay Paul Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wāròubǔchuāng to rob Peter to pay Paul to cut out a piece of one's healthy flesh to patch a sore; refers to using a harmful temporary measure to solve a problem without considering the consequences or making the situation worse. Frequency Written text 0.015 per million Cross-References Same as 剜肉补疮 wānròubǔchuāngSee 剜肉医疮 wānròuyīchuāngSynonym 饮鸩止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wāròubǔchuāng to rob Peter to pay Paul to cut out a piece of one's healthy flesh to patch a sore; refers to using a harmful temporary measure to solve a problem without considering the consequences or making the situation worse. Frequency Written text 0.015 per million Cross-References Same as 剜肉补疮 wānròubǔchuāngSee 剜肉医疮 wānròuyīchuāngSynonym 饮鸩止渴 yǐnzhènzhǐkě Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)