| 饮 |
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 |
| 饮 |
yǐn | old variant of 饮 |
| 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 |