挖肉补疮
挖肉补疮
wā ròu bǔ chuāng
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
verbidiom
Traditional: 挖肉補瘡
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- (verb, idiom) to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
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Related Words
行(háng)— a row
→欲盖弥彰(yù gài mí zhāng)— trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
→一条绳上的蚂蚱(yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha)— lit. like locusts tied to one rope (idiom)
→拆东墙补西墙(chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng)— lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
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