飲鴆止渴

Simplified: 饮鸩止渴

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yǐnzhènzhǐkě ㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄣˋ ㄓˇ ㄎㄜˇ

- 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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