Lingaku- to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
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- to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone tries to solve a problem in a way that ends up making the situation worse, typically by applying a superficial or temporary solution without addressing the underlying issue.
tā他cǎi qǔ采取le了cuò wù错误de的cuò shī措施，jiē guǒ结果dǎo zhì导致qíng kuàng情况gèng jiā更加è huà恶化，zhēn shi真是wā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮。
He took the wrong measures, which resulted in the situation worsening; it was truly cutting flesh to cover a sore.
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wā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮to cut one's flesh to cover a sorewā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮de的zuò fǎ做法the approach of cutting one's flesh to cover a soreyǐ以wā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮de的fāng shì方式by the method of cutting one's flesh to cover a sorewā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮de的jiào xun教训the lesson of making things worse by a temporary expedientxiàn rù陷入wā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮de的kùn jìng困境to fall into the dilemma of making a bad situation worsewā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮bìng bù并不kě qǔ可取making things worse by a temporary solution is not advisableYīng应bì miǎn避免wā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮de的cè lüè策略to avoid the strategy of cutting one's flesh to cover a sore