quench a thirst with poison
quench a thirst with poison
Drinking poison to quench thirst, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ nzh è NJI ě K ě, meaning to use the wrong way to solve the immediate difficulties without serious consequences. The same as "drinking poison to quench thirst". It comes from the biography of Huo Chen in the later Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The biography of Huo Chen in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "for example, you can cure hunger by Aconitum carmichaeli, quench thirst by poison, and you have lost your throat before you enter your stomach."
Idiom usage
It is wrong to refer to people
Analysis of Idioms
Drinking poison to quench thirst
quench a thirst with poison
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