挖肉补疮

Traditional: 挖肉補瘡

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 挖肉补疮 mean?

挖肉补疮 (wā ròu bǔ chuāng) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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挖wāto dig · to excavate 肉ròumeat · flesh 补bǔto repair · to patch 疮chuāngsore · skin ulcer

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