挖肉补疮 in English wa1 rou4 bu3 chuang1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiomatic expression); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

Simplified Characters

挖 肉 补 疮

Traditional Characters

挖 肉 補 瘡

Pinyin

wa1 rou4 bu3 chuang1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

挖wa1to dig 肉rou4meat 补bu3to repair 疮chuang1sore