食砒霜杜蟲 (sik6 pei1 soeng1 dou6 cung4 | shi2 pi1 shuang1 du4 chong2) : Use unnecessarily drastic counter measures (ones that hurt oneself) to deal with a minor issue

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食砒霜杜蟲

sik6 pei1 soeng1 dou6 cung4

shi2 pi1 shuang1 du4 chong2

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

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

食砒霜杜蟲 / 食砒霜杜虫

This word has been viewed 1602 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 1st Apr 2010 04:09

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食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food
砒 pei1 - arsenic
霜 soeng1 - frost; frost-like powder; hoary
杜 dou6 - to shut out; to stop; to prevent; surname
蟲 cung4 - insect, worm

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