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饮鸩止渴
yǐn​zhèn​zhǐ​kě

the remedy is worse than the disease

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 饮 飲 yǐn nounverb
    to drink
    to drink; specifically to drink alcohol.
  2. 鸩 鴆 zhèn
    poisonous wine
    (bound form) wine made toxic by soaking the feathers of the mythical poisonous bird; more generally, any poisoned wine
  3. 止渴 zhǐ​kě
    to quench thirst
    to satisfy one's thirst; to relieve thirst
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