From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「剜肉成瘡」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
The idiom being introduced now is 「剜肉成瘡」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
wanted to cut flesh to cure the wound, but the cut caused a new wound instead. It is a metaphor for doing things only considering one side, resulting in the opposite of what was expected.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wān ròu chéng chuāng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wun1 yuk6 sing4 chong1
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