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Definition(s) for: 饮鸩止渴

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
饮鸩止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě - lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
- fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 69,834 51,390

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
饮 yǐn- old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
饮 yǐn- to drink
饮 yìn- to give (animals) water to drink
鸩 zhèn- legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison
- poisonous
- to poison sb
止 zhǐ- to stop
- to prohibit
- until
- only
渴 kě- thirsty

Other Words Containing 饮鸩止渴

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo