lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
trad. 飲鴆止渴
Also written 飲鴆止渴【yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě】
Characters in this word
4饮
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old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Traditional
- 㱃
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 17927 of 2500
鸩
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legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison, poisonous, to poison sb
- Pinyin
- zhèn
- Traditional
- 鴆
- Strokes
- 9
止
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to stop, to prohibit, until, only
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 19491 of 2500
渴
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thirsty
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 12000 of 2500