饮鸩止渴

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Definitionen

  1. 1. lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

Bestandteilwörter von 饮鸩止渴

止
zhǐ

to stop

渴
kě

thirsty

饮
yǐn

to drink

饮
yìn

to give (animals) water to drink

鸩
zhèn

legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison