- 鸩 鴆 zhen4
- legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb
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- 饮鸩止渴 飲鴆止渴 yin3 zhen4 zhi3 ke3
- lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
- 鸩羽 鴆羽 zhen4 yu3
- the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩