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饮鸩止渴

yǐn​zhèn​zhǐ​kě

fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

Definitions

饮鸩止渴 (飲鴆止渴) 

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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Not found in HSK word list

46689th most common word in books

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