头痛医头
头痛医头
tóu tòng yī tóu
to treat the symptoms; reactive (rather than proactive)
verb
Traditional: 頭痛醫頭
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- (verb) to treat the symptoms
- reactive (rather than proactive)
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Related Words
头痛医头，脚痛医脚(tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo)· to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)
→治标(zhì biāo)· to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
→治标不治本(zhì biāo bù zhì běn)· to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
→一并(yī bìng)· variant of 一併|一并, to lump together
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