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饮鸩止渴

yǐn zhèn zhǐ lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
yǐn old variant of
yǐn to drink
yìn to give (animals) water to drink
  zhèn legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb
   zhǐ to stop / to prohibit / until / only
    thirsty
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