按下葫芦浮起瓢
Traditional form:
按下葫蘆浮起瓢
Pinyin (reading):
ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo
Definitions:
- solve one problem only to find another cropping up
Characters:
- 按 - to check, to control, to push, to restrain
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 葫 - bottle-gourd
- 芦 - rushes, reeds
- 浮 - to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 瓢 - a ladle made from a dried gourd
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