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[飲鴆止渴] yǐnzhènzhǐkě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

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        yǐnliào, [飲料], drink/beverage
        yǐnshí, [飲食], food and drink/diet
        yǐn/yìn, [㱃]/[飲], old variant of 飲|饮[yǐn], to drink, to give (animals) water to drink
        yǐnjiǔ, [飲酒], to drink wine
        cānyǐn, [餐飲], food and beverage/catering/repast
        chàngyǐn, [暢飲], to have a few drinks/to drink to one's heart's content
        yǐnshuǐ, [飲水], drinking water
        yǐnyòngshuǐ, [飲用水], drinking water/potable water
        lěngyǐn, [冷飲], cold drink
        yǐnpǐn, [飲品], beverage
        yǐnyòng, [飲用], drink/drinking or drinkable (water)
        kuángyǐn, [狂飲], to drink hard
        tòngyǐn, [痛飲], to drink one's fill
        ruǎnyǐnliào, [軟飲料], soft drink
        rèyǐn, [熱飲], hot drink
        
        
        yǐnchá, [飲茶], to have tea and refreshments/to have dimsum lunch (Cantonese)
        
        
        rúmáoyǐnxuè, [茹毛飲血], devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
        yǐnshuǐqì, [飲水器], water dispenser
        yǐnshuǐsīyuán, [飲水思源], lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings ...
        
        
        cānyǐndiàn, [餐飲店], dining room/restaurant
        
        hānyǐn, [酣飲], to drink one's fill

        zhèn, [鴆], legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison/poisonous/to poison sb

        zǔzhǐ, to prevent/to block
        tíngzhǐ, to stop/to halt/to cease
        wéizhǐ, [為止], until/(used in combination with words like 到[dào] or 至[zhì] in constructs of the...
        jìnzhǐ, to prohibit/to forbid/to ban
        zhǐ, to stop/to prohibit/until/only
        bùzhǐ, incessantly/without end/more than/not limited to
        dàocǐwéizhǐ, [到此為止], to stop at this point/to end here/to call it a day
        fángzhǐ, to prevent/to guard against/to take precautions
        zhōngzhǐ, [終止], to stop/to terminate (law)
        jǔzhǐ, [舉止], bearing/manner/mien
        zhìzhǐ, to curb/to put a stop to/to stop/to check/to limit
        zhōngzhǐ, to cease/to suspend/to break off/to stop/to discontinue
        zhǐtòngyào, [止痛藥], painkiller/analgesic/anodyne
        qìjīnwéizhǐ, [迄今為止], so far/up to now/still (not)
        zhǐxuè, to staunch (bleeding)/hemostatic (drug)
        jìngzhǐ, [靜止], still/immobile/static/stationary
        
        jiézhǐ, to close/to stop/to put a stop to sth/cut-off point/stopping point/deadline
        xiūzhǐ, to stop
        zhǐbù, to halt/to stop/to go no farther
        shìkěérzhǐ, [適可而止], to stop before going too far (idiom); to stop while one can/don't overdo it/stop...
        zhǐtòng, to relieve pain/to stop pain/analgesic
        tànwéiguānzhǐ, [嘆為觀止], (idiom) to gasp in amazement/to acclaim as the peak of perfection
        zhǐtòngpiàn, painkiller
        hézhǐ, far more than/not just
        zhǐjìng, limit/boundary/end
        
        zhǐké, to suppress coughing
        yǒngwúzhǐjìng, [永無止境], without end/never-ending
        zhǐtòngjì, [止痛劑], an analgesic/pain killer
        fèizhǐ, [廢止], to repeal (a law)/to put an end to/abolition/annulled
        qǐzhǐ, [豈止], not only/far from/more than
        
        
        
        
        yìzhǐ, to supress/to restrain
        èzhǐ, to hold back/to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance)/to resist/esp. with negative, ...
        
        
        
        jiáránérzhǐ, with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of...
        
        qiǎnchángzhézhǐ, [淺嘗輒止]/[淺嚐輒止], to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into/to attempt half-heartedly/content with a...
        
        xiūzhǐfú, rest (music)
        
        xuéwúzhǐjìng, [學無止境], no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study./You live and ...
        
        
        
        
        lìngxíngjìnzhǐ, lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact comp...

        kěwàng, to thirst for/to long for
        kě, thirsty
        jīkě, [飢渴], hungry and thirsty/(fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
        kǒukě, thirsty
        kěqiú, to long for/to crave for/to greatly desire
        rújīsìkě, [如飢似渴], to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly/to long for sth
        jiěkě, to quench
        gānkě, [乾渴], parched/dry mouth
        
        

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