飲鴆止渴

lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

Characters and words in 飲鴆止渴

to drink

= + : Maud Younger (y) is visiting the encampment ((e)n3) and she's very hungry and thirsty. She finds that the yellow emperor left his lunch at his throne, so she just takes the Chinese cruller (饣) and ice cold soft drink (饮). To make up for it she leaves an IOU note (欠) on the throne.
to give (animals) water to drink
legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb
to stop / to prohibit / until / only

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.
thirsty

= + : Karl Marx (k) is really thirsty (渴) in the elevator (e3), where he finds a water bottle (氵) vending machine. The water is free, but attached to the machine he finds a quiz wheel (曷): only when he is able to answer five questions in a row he will get a bottle of water.

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