按下葫蘆浮起瓢

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Chinese

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to press (with the hand); to push; to control
to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of
 
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water to float to rise; to raise; to get up dipper; ladle
trad. (按下葫蘆浮起瓢) 葫蘆
simp. (按下葫芦浮起瓢) 葫芦
Literally: “hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up”.

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Idiom

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按下葫蘆浮起瓢

  1. to solve one problem only to find another cropping up

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