a temporary redress

a temporary redress

Yitang Wofei, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ t ā NGW ò f è I, which means to take boiling water to stop boiling. It means that the wrong way to deal with it can't stop it, on the contrary, it encourages the momentum. From Huainanzi yuandaoxun.

Idiom usage

It refers to the wrong way of handling

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: stop boiling with soup, stop boiling with fire

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi yuandaoxun" says, "if you use soup to stir up trouble, chaos will be more serious. Therefore, it is the whip that eats the dog and drives the hoof horse. If you want to teach it, you will be able to teach it, though Yi Yin and Zao Fu can be changed. "

Idiom explanation

Soup: boiling water; Wo: pouring; boil: rolling, boiling. Take boiling water to stop the boiling. The wrong way to deal with metaphor can not stop it, on the contrary, it can promote the momentum that has already become.