矯角殺牛

きょうかくさつぎゅう

Meanings

Expression
1. trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease.

矯	rectify, straighten, correct, reform, cure, control, pretend, falsify
角	angle, corner, square, horn, antlers
殺	kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
牛	cow

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