use impractical means to solve a problem
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji é zh ǐ sh ì J ù, meaning to cut off toes to fit the size of shoes. The metaphor is unreasonable accommodation. It comes from the biography of Xun Shuang in the later Han Dynasty.
The idiom comes from the biography of Xun Shuang in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "if you cut off your toes, you will be foolish."
use impractical means to solve a problem
accept what is wrong as right when one grows accustomed to it - xí fēi chéng shì