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矯角殺牛

きょうかくさつぎゅうkyoukakusatsugyuu

expression

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

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences