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饮鸩止渴

yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě

Definitions

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

Child Words of 饮鸩止渴

饮
yǐn
饮
yìn
渴
kě
止
zhǐ
鸩
zhèn