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字词 扬汤止沸不如釜底抽薪。
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扬汤止沸不如釜底抽薪。

Yáng tāng zhǐ fèi bùrú fǔ dǐ chōu xīn.

揚湯止沸不如釜底抽薪。

Lit “Scooping up the soup [and pouring it back] to stop the boiling” is not as effective as “removing the firewood from under the cauldron.”

Fig A temporary solution is not as effective as removing the root cause.

Note [Note: yángtāng-zhǐfèi, referring to an ineffective remedy, and fǔdǐ-chōuxīn “take drastic measures to deal with a situation,” are both chengyu; cf. yáng tāng zhǐ fèi mò rú qù xīn in Hòu Hàn Shū: Dǒng Zuò Zhuàn, and R3K, chap. 3.]

Topics CAUSE chengyu chengyu Dǒng Zuò Zhuàn fǔdǐ-chōuxīn fǔdǐ-chōuxīn Hòu Hàn Shū PROBLEMS R3K SOLUTIONS yángtāng-zhǐfèi

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