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治zi6絲si1益jik1棼fan4

simp治丝益棼
zi6 si1 jik1 fan4inferredzhì sī yì fén

English

  1. lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom)
  2. fig. to try to help but end up making things worse

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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