挖肉补疮 wā ròu bǔ chuāng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

CHARACTERS

挖 wā
HSK 6
dig, dig out, gouge out, scoop
肉 ròu
HSK 2
flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130
补 bǔ
HSK 5
mend, patch, fix, repair, restore
疮 chuāng tumor, boil, sore, wound