Word information
Simplified饮鸩止渴
Traditional飲鴆止渴
Pinyinyǐn zhèn zhǐ kě
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Chinese word dictionary
饮鸩止渴
yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě · lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
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