[敲门砖 / 敲門磚, qiāo mén zhuānㄑㄧㄠ ㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄢ] lit. a brick as a door knocker (成语 saw); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune#54518
[挖肉补疮 / 挖肉補瘡, wā ròu bǔ chuāngㄨㄚ ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ] to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (成语 saw); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient#250159