按倒葫蘆瓢起來

按倒葫芦瓢起来
àndǎohulúpiáoqǐlái

synonym of 按下葫蘆浮起瓢 /按下葫芦浮起瓢 (àn xià húlu fú qǐ piáo, “to solve one problem only to find another cropping up”)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 按 àn
  1. to press
  2. to push
  3. to leave aside or shelve
  4. to control
  5. to restrain
  6. to keep one's hand on
  7. to check or refer to
  8. according to
  9. in the light of
  10. (of an editor or author) to make a comment
=2 倒 dǎo
  1. to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
  2. to fail; to go bankrupt
  3. to overthrow
  4. to change (trains or buses)
  5. to move around
  6. to resell at a profit
=2 倒 dào
  1. to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
  2. to pour out
  3. to tip out; to dump
  4. inverted; upside down; reversed
  5. to go backward
  6. contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
3 葫蘆 húlu
  1. calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
  2. hoist
  3. generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
  4. muddled
  5. (poker) full house
4 瓢 piáo
  1. dipper
  2. ladle
=5 起來 qǐlai
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. qǐlái
=5 起來 qilai
  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站 zhàn)
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. 看 kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. qǐlai
=5 起來 qǐlái
  1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
  2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
  3. to get up; to get out of bed
  4. to rise up; to get up