粵

飲jam2鴆zam6止zi2渴hot3

simp饮鸩止渴
jam2 zam6 zi2 hot3yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě

English

  1. lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
  2. (literally: to quench one's thirst by drinking poison); to employ a quick and temporary solution regardless of the ramifications
  3. to do something harmful in order to seek any relief; literally: to drink poisonous liquor quench thirst
  4. fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為解渴而飲毒酒；比喻不惜用有害方法去解決眼前困難

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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