剜肉生疮 — “To cut out flesh to grow a sore”
剜肉生疮 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to attempt to remedy a situation by taking an action that creates a new, often more severe, problem; to do more harm than good in trying to fix something, often likened to 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'”. Literally, “To cut out flesh to grow a sore”.
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What does 剜肉生疮 mean?
剜肉生疮 (wān ròu shēng chuāng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to attempt to remedy a situation by taking an action that creates a new, often more severe, problem; to do more harm than good in trying to fix something, often likened to 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'”.
How do you pronounce 剜肉生疮?
剜肉生疮 is pronounced wān ròu shēng chuāng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 剜肉生疮 literally mean?
Literally, 剜肉生疮 means “to cut out flesh to grow a sore”. It is used to mean “to attempt to remedy a situation by taking an action that creates a new, often more severe, problem; to do more harm than good in trying to fix something, often likened to 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'”.
What is the Chinese definition of 剜肉生疮?
犹剜肉成疮。比喻行事只顾一面，结果与预想适得其反。