胶柱鼓瑟 (膠柱鼓瑟) jiāo zhù gǔ sè

jiāo zhù gǔ sè set phrase glue the stops for a lute [and try to play it]
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: A self-defeating action (Guoyu '膠柱鼓瑟'; Mathews 1931 '膠柱鼓瑟', p. 94)

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