Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「飲鴆解渴」 and how it’s used.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「飲鴆解渴」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
A metaphor for using the wrong method to solve immediate problems without considering the serious consequences. Same as “drinking poison to quench thirst”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐn zhèn jiě kě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yam2 jam6 gaai2 hot3
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
