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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

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

饮

HSK 5

含义drink; swallow; kind of drink

拼音yǐn

鸩

含义a bird resembling the secretary falcon

拼音zhèn

止

HSK 32

含义stop, halt, desist; detain

拼音zhǐ

渴

HSK 12

含义thirsty, parched; yearn, pine

拼音kě