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食砒霜杜蟲 (sik6 pei1 soeng1 dou6 cung4) — Use unnecessarily drastic counter measures (ones that hurt oneself) to deal with a minor issue[Syn]斬腳趾避沙蟲 in Cantonese

sikˍ₆食peiˉ¹砒soengˉ¹霜douˍ₆杜cungˎ₄蟲
简 食砒霜杜虫
Mandarin Pinyin: shi2 pi1 shuang1 du4 chong2

Meaning of 食砒霜杜蟲

nounUse unnecessarily drastic counter measures (ones that hurt oneself) to deal with a minor issue[Syn]斬腳趾避沙蟲

Characters in 食砒霜杜蟲

食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
砒pei1
arsenic
霜soeng1
frost; frost-like powder
杜dou6
a Chinese family name
蟲cung4
person with a certain kind of undesirable quality

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