按下葫芦浮起瓢
按下葫芦浮起瓢
àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
Traditional: 按下葫蘆浮起瓢
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- solve one problem only to find another cropping up
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Related Words
对症下药(duì zhèng xià yào)— lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
→对症发药(duì zhèng fā yào)— lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
→前门打虎，后门打狼(qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng)— to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
→前门拒虎，后门进狼(qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng)— to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
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