| 释义 |
以汤止沸 yǐtāngzhǐfèi1) of no avail2) do sth. counterproductive以汤止沸do something counterproductive以汤止沸 yǐ tāng zhǐ fèi stir the soup to stop it from boiling -- a temporary redress; adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse; do sth. counterproductive; stop boiling by pouring hot water into the pot; stop sth. in a wrong way以汤止沸trying to stop water from boiling by adding boiling water to it—an ineffective measure |