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飲鴆止渴

yǐnzhènzhǐkě

ㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄣˋ ㄓˇ ㄎㄜˇ

Simplified 饮鸩止渴

  1. 1lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
  2. 2fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

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