饮鸩止渴(yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě): lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst…
4 charactersTrad. 飲鴆止渴
lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst…
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě
- Meaning
- lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 飲鴆止渴
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