What does 对症下药 mean in Chinese?
对症下药 (duìzhèng-xiàyào) means lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find….
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
对症下药
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find…
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
02
to take appropriate steps
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Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
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How do you pronounce 对症下药?
对症下药 is pronounced duìzhèng-xiàyào.
Is 对症下药 an HSK word?
对症下药 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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