挖肉补疮，好了一个损了一个挖肉補瘡，好了一個損了一個挖肉補瘡，好了一個損了一個

cutting out flesh to patch a sore: one gets better, the other is hurt

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Helping one party at another's expense, solving one problem by causing another. Close to 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'.

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Simplified: 挖肉补疮，好了一个损了一个
Traditional (Taiwan): 挖肉補瘡，好了一個損了一個
Pinyin: wāròubǔchuāng, hǎole yí gè sǔn le yí gè
Bopomofo: ㄨㄚㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ，ㄏㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄣˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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