挖肉補瘡

waat3 juk6 bou2 cong1

to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

Written Forms

挖肉補瘡Traditional · Main Form
挖肉补疮Alternate Form

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