饮 ㄧㄣ ˇ yǐn 鸩 ㄓㄣ ˋ zhèn 止 ㄓ ˇ zhǐ 渴 ㄎㄜ ˇ kě 飲 ㄧㄣ ˇ yǐn 鴆 ㄓㄣ ˋ zhèn 止 ㄓ ˇ zhǐ 渴 ㄎㄜ ˇ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse